SHUFFLED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

shuffled

verb

past tense of shuffle

as in stomped

to move heavily or clumsily the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers

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as in disrupted

to undo the proper order or arrangement of shuffle the cards and deal five to each player

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Recent Examples of shuffled In any case, Babcock is now tasked with rejuvenating a team that took a massive step backward last season and only shuffled a few pieces during the offseason. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studios either shuffled their product directly to streaming or waited a mere 17 days for their films to become available to buy or rent at home. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 For nearly a year and a half, he was shuffled around detention centers in Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and Florida, until arriving in the Alexandria International Airport in mid-August. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Many shuffled between the help desk and the hospital notice board, clutching photographs and scanning injured patients' lists in the hope of finding them. — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026 Many shuffled between the help desk and the hospital notice board, clutching photographs and scanning injured patients’ lists in the hope of finding them. — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 The old football adage about teams making their biggest improvements between their first and second games might not apply in the NFL preseason, when personnel are constantly being shuffled in and out of the action. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Canden Arciniega shuffled on the hot granite terrace on a mid-August morning, counting the names on her list. — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026 Those imprints started to shutter, your local bookstore got rid of their dedicated horror section, shuffled what was left into General Fiction or Sci-Fi/Fantasy and horror became the purview of the small and indie presses. — Adam Cesare, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

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The Bulldogs visit Arkansas, which just got stomped by Utah, to open SEC play Saturday.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Even when stomped into the mud by a 17,500-pound apex predator, dinosaur footprints rarely last long enough to fossilize over millions of years.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomped

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Improved logistics for Saudi crude exports have reduced the market's assessment of how much supply is at risk, Massabni said, adding that oil prices reflect not just available barrels but also the probability of those supplies being disrupted.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
Their fragile relationship is disrupted when Sethu encounters a feral child in the forest and brings him home.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of disrupted

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Portage stumbled into its flock of Flocks after then-Sheriff Dave Reynolds contracted with the company to put them in the city.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
For all of the anticipation of an explosive new offensive attack sparked by the arrival of new coordinator Mike McDaniel, the Chargers stumbled and fumbled their way through their season debut.

— Doug Haller, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of stumbled

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After she was placed under arrest, Boucher appeared confused by the slow-moving process.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Not to be confused with inverted full backs, an inverted winger is a wide player who is used on the opposite side of the pitch to their strong foot — so a left-footer on the right or a right-footer on the left.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026