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as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
the paper got lost in the shuffle on his desk
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as in ambiguity
deliberate evasion in speech
no matter how directly we asked the question, all we got was shuffle in return
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as in to stomp
to move heavily or clumsily
the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers
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as in to disrupt
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
shuffle the cards and deal five to each player
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as in to avoid
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
I don't know how the CEO managed to shuffle out of being held responsible for his company's weak performance
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Recent Examples of shuffle
John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps it was lost in the Christmastime shuffle, or in the torrent of other deals and investments that have been flowing from the world’s most valuable company over the past year.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026
Amid the Heat’s recent uneven play, Spoelstra has adjusted his rotation, including at point guard, where rookie Kasparas Jakucionis has been scaled back to a degree and Dru Smith has been shuffled to the back end in the mix.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Not much younger, Leon (Luis Brandoni), a former communist activist with a beret and walking stick, shuffles towards him and sits at his side.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Perhaps it was lost in the Christmastime shuffle, or in the torrent of other deals and investments that have been flowing from the world’s most valuable company over the past year.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
After rolling out identical lineups for the first two games of the season, Vitello shuffled San Francisco’s lineup against New York’s Will Warren.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026
Amid the Heat’s recent uneven play, Spoelstra has adjusted his rotation, including at point guard, where rookie Kasparas Jakucionis has been scaled back to a degree and Dru Smith has been shuffled to the back end in the mix.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffle
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Markets didn’t love that ambiguity.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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There’s little room for ambiguity.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
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The 2024 World silver medalist brought her characteristic grace and glamour — and a new, high-scoring opening jump — to her Sophia Loren medley short program.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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Videos posted on social media showed an attack drone plowing into a building and setting off a fire in Lviv's city center -- a UNESCO World Heritage site with a medley of cobblestone streets and historic buildings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Where the equivocation began was in conversations with European diplomats and officials.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Trump’s equivocation yesterday may be his attempt to steady an economy shaken by the war.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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This assortment also includes a large selection of earrings, bracelets, anklets, rings, hair tie sets, keychains and more.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The first release of an eight-album series in which American composer and pianist Michael Harrison collaborates with a global assortment of artists combining Eastern and Western musical traditions.—
Arts Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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Idaho adults pay about $145 for a sportsman’s package that includes fishing and hunting licenses and a variety of tags for species including deer, elk, bear, mountain lion and wolf.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the April 7 Missouri local elections, governments around the Kansas City area are asking their voters to pay for city services in a variety of ways.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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In a roadside brewery in the zero-waste village of Kamikatsu in Tokoshima, the pub’s triple-height seating area looks like a collage of windows in every size, affording a vertical panorama of mountains.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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In this pre-synthesizer age, Bebe and Louis Barron utilized a mind-blowing selection of electronic gizmos to create a unique collage of otherworldly noise.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Shuffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffle. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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