Thesaurus results for SHUNT

shunt

verb

Definition of shunt

as in to switch

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Recent Examples of shunt Music zines often had the same format, columns from semi-famous punks, interviews with up-and-coming bands, record reviews, and, always shunted to the back, zine reviews. — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 That such a blunder might be shrugged off and even celebrated, rather than shamefully shunted away, struck Schuch as a very American notion. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 The clams shunt sulfur- and oxygen-rich water to bacteria that live inside the clams’ gills. — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026 An injury crisis led to him featuring regularly from that point onwards, and he was shunted across the defence depending on which other players were available. — Jay Harris, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shunt

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Verb

Ruffy successfully defended Tsarukyan’s early takedown attempts, but the Armenian changed levels late in the round before switching to an elbow that landed flush.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Calvin Harris switched the point of attack and fed Luiz right into stride, and Luiz curled one into the far corner from outside the penalty area.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of switch

Verb

Victims who clicked those ads were redirected to fake banking websites controlled by the criminals, according to the DOJ.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Whittaker redirected a cross played by Paxten Aaronson into the net from near the penalty spot to open the scoring in the 28th minute.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of redirect

Verb

This allows fresh dopant molecules to continue transferring electrons and increases the concentration of mobile charges in the semiconductor.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Based on a 1906 German expressionist play by Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening would transfer to Broadway and win two Tony Awards for Sheik’s original score and orchestrations.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of transfer

Verb

Lamont has dismissed Fazio’s proposals as merely shifting costs from utility bills onto tax bills.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
In a memo released Wednesday about last-minute changes for her 2027 budget proposal, Levine Cava wrote that 19 employees staffing the volunteer county boards would be shifted to a different department.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of shift

Verb

The helicopter moves quickly away from the bus crash site and starts losing altitude.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Duarte’s writing features detailed prose and a moving storyline, encompassing grief, healing, and the losses borne by a Latinx family in the name of American patriotism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

In its statement, the BOJ said the move was because of a risk that inflation will deviate upward to beyond its 2% target.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
But just like in the series’ preceding season, The Ed Gein Story, this one deviates from its titular character to pad itself out.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of deviate

Verb

Alas, Kissinger may have been uncannily prescient about technology and its impact on global power, but his prescriptions on how to avert AI disaster haven’t aged well.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Pennsylvania officials announced the deaths last month, with Shapiro stressing that vaccinations could have averted the deaths.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

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