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as in lumbering
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as in ambling
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as in stomping
to move heavily or clumsily
the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers
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as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
shuffle the cards and deal five to each player
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Recent Examples of shuffling
Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The Philadelphia Phillies are shuffling up the bullpen by sending Seth Johnson back to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and recalling Chase Shugart from the IronPigs.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Self-exploration, a journey that included Luke Kennard evolving into the team’s primary ball handler and the Lakers shuffling their roster once more before the regular season’s conclusion, was certainly more top of mind compared to the who, when and where of the playoffs.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Disney‘s shuffling of its communications team under new CEO Josh D’Amaro and his communications chief Paul Roeder continues.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2026
This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Its elegant twill pattern is both durable for rigorous travel and premium-looking for serving looks at the airport, while its interior has an expandable compartment, one mesh pocket, and elastic tie-down straps to keep your belongings from shuffling around.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
These chips spend most of their energy shuffling data between a memory unit and a processor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
So what better way to cap all that off than closing out the Oscars — even if the clip played while the audience was shuffling out of the theater and calling their Ubers.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Bruins are shuffling off to Buffalo.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
The Philadelphia Phillies are shuffling up the bullpen by sending Seth Johnson back to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and recalling Chase Shugart from the IronPigs.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Self-exploration, a journey that included Luke Kennard evolving into the team’s primary ball handler and the Lakers shuffling their roster once more before the regular season’s conclusion, was certainly more top of mind compared to the who, when and where of the playoffs.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
Disney‘s shuffling of its communications team under new CEO Josh D’Amaro and his communications chief Paul Roeder continues.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2026
This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Its elegant twill pattern is both durable for rigorous travel and premium-looking for serving looks at the airport, while its interior has an expandable compartment, one mesh pocket, and elastic tie-down straps to keep your belongings from shuffling around.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
These chips spend most of their energy shuffling data between a memory unit and a processor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
So what better way to cap all that off than closing out the Oscars — even if the clip played while the audience was shuffling out of the theater and calling their Ubers.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffling
Verb
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That’s the sound of clogs slowly stomping back into the spotlight.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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For pretty much every gamer alive today, those first few notes induce an almost Pavlovian response — sparking an urge to grab a controller on your lap that isn’t actually there and bringing to mind comfortable, warm memories of stomping Goombas and riding Yoshi on a quest to save Princess Peach.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The hospitality union represents roughly 2,000 workers at the arena, potentially disrupting one of the biggest sporting events in the world.—
Luzdelia Caballero,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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In such a case, if the people passing the message did not have complete control of their devices, an outsider could potentially subtly change the particles’ entanglement, disrupting the communication without leaving a trace.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Red lines and deadlines imposed by the United States, even when backed by the threat of genocide, can turn out to be rather wobbly.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Despite the outsized headline figure, there were further indications that the job market remains wobbly.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His jogging gait is a bit plodding.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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His two-time matchup was Alejandro Kirk, an excellent hitter but, at 5-foot-8 and 245 pounds, a plodding runner.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Lina cried out, stumbling backward.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the blue plaques affixed to residences in London, which indicate where notable figures once lived, or the Stolpersteine (or stumbling stones) embedded in the sidewalks of German cities to mark the former homes of Holocaust victims, Bucharest’s red disks are not commemorative but predictive.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But Neptune also blurs lines, which is why its influence can feel mysterious or even confusing at times.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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That’s not all that’s confusing across the first season.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With almost no plan, Sonny makes a shambling attempt at an armed robbery, only to end up trapped in the bank with the manager and five female tellers as his hostages.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
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One rarely gains a sense of what people look like (beyond the son’s bulky physique and shambling movements, in which the mother ‘caught a flash of her brother’).—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Thomas missed 57 games last season, mostly because of the same lingering left hamstring issue.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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On the one hand, that means that many survive the disease without serious lingering effects.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Shuffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffling. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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