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Recent Examples of shifty In the 24-3 loss, offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt called an end-around rush for a shifty gain of nine. Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 When Tóth arrives in the City of Brotherly Love, he’s welcomed by his cousin with open-ish arms (the shifty cousin is played by a brilliant Alessandro Nivola, whose beaming face betrays a war of attrition between loyalty and assimilation). David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024 And every man who’s ever lived is a shifty cum salesman, OK? 100%. Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 Aug. 2024 And there were some subsequent elements to the entire Watergate experience that were a little bit on the shifty side, as Washington, D.C., has a tendency to be. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for shifty 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shifty
Adjective
  • More and more people are seeing it as a chill, wellness thing rather than something shady or taboo.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • If your yard is shady, for example, think ahead to find a plant that does not require full sun.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Whenever Carolyn’s name has come up in passing as a possible Traitor, it has been immediately nixed, with folks unable to believe that the Survivor finalist could ever pull off being so deceptive.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • However, there’s also a darker side — beware of deceptive words or misleading information.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller recently suggested the Pirates could be a sneaky candidate in the race to sign Texas Rangers free agent Andrew Heaney.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Some sneaky snow squalls could cause a few headaches on the roads Tuesday.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Wakefield’s research was found to be fraudulent and conducted with money from lawyers suing vaccine manufacturers; he was stripped of his medical license.
    Eleanor Menzin, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The treasure trove of information is valuable to scammers who want to open a fraudulent credit card or account in your name.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Workers reported bent rafters, crooked columns and snapped cables before the building collapsed, according to OSHA.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The larger-than-life writer-director plays the dupe, an Irish sailor who falls head over heels in confounded lust for Elsa (Hayworth), the enigmatic wife of a crooked lawyer (Everett Sloane), recently arrived in New York from Shanghai.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However, officials may well be hoping that a high-profile prosecution would help to restore public trust by showing the authority's determination to root out dishonest officers.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • People are less inclined to engage in dishonest behavior when they are treated fairly, compensated properly and see themselves as integral to the company’s mission.
    Toby Braun, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Shifty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shifty. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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