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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
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Silvia showed them little affection or attention, shuffling quickly through the infants to feed, change, or hold them.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The company has already been shuffling its staff since the first strike began and is trying to reassure patients that care will continue.
—Tina Patel, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Roster roulette There was a lot of shuffling on the back end of the roster.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2026
The race for Los Angeles mayor has been in an extraordinary state of flux, with the candidate lineup shuffling and reshuffling in the final days before the filing deadline.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
The Moore administration has chosen the opposite approach, doubling down on spending while shuffling money around in a game of three-card monte.
—J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
That door has been opened, and that’s all that happened this week despite a massive amount of players and contracts and picks shuffling back and forth between two cities.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Instead, the focus will be on shuffling bench pieces such as Yabusele or Jordan Clarkson.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Verb
Bridgerton treats it as though every woman got multiples of their yearbook photo to hand around as headshots, and Benedict’s taking what would have been treasured personal heirlooms and just shuffling through them and tossing out anyone with the wrong hair color.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
Silvia showed them little affection or attention, shuffling quickly through the infants to feed, change, or hold them.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The company has already been shuffling its staff since the first strike began and is trying to reassure patients that care will continue.
—Tina Patel, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Roster roulette There was a lot of shuffling on the back end of the roster.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2026
The race for Los Angeles mayor has been in an extraordinary state of flux, with the candidate lineup shuffling and reshuffling in the final days before the filing deadline.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
The Moore administration has chosen the opposite approach, doubling down on spending while shuffling money around in a game of three-card monte.
—J.b. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
That door has been opened, and that’s all that happened this week despite a massive amount of players and contracts and picks shuffling back and forth between two cities.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Instead, the focus will be on shuffling bench pieces such as Yabusele or Jordan Clarkson.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffling
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Han will be posted up by the Milennium Falcon and/or Oga’s Cantina, Luke will be stomping his Chanel boots in the marketplace, and Darth Vader will be force-choking dads in Grumpy tees.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2026
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Then there’s the people watching, from the tailgating to the communal divot stomping, full of dramatic sun dresses and hats with flourishes, seersucker suits and, yes, hats with flourishes.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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While Andreessen saw software disrupting industries, Morgan Stanley sees AI disrupting labor itself.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Want to know more about how AI is disrupting Hollywood?—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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And this seems a little wobbly.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Market questions Another important factor has been a wobbly stock market this year, Friday’s massive rally notwithstanding.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Where the film falters is in its plodding rhythm and clunky dialogue, much of which is delivered too flatly by actors who don’t exactly steal their scenes.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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At a plodding pace, the desert wilderness can be admired in all its granular splendor.—
Anna Zacharias,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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He’s saved by a drunken Ser Arlan, who comes stumbling into the alley and instinctively follows his knightly code to defend the innocent.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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The victim was then seen stumbling backwards and sustained a visible mark on her neck, according to the sheriff's office.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The citizens of Texas are confusing hospitality for complacency.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Registration deadlines, confusing rules and inconsistent access make participation harder at the very moment young people become eligible to vote.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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
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These movies—including the seven-hour-long Sátántangó, a centerpiece of which is a shambling dance in a barroom—often swap the meandering sentence for a single camera shot that lasts 10 minutes or more.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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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 19 Feb. 2026.
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