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Recent Examples of shunt
For a long time, it's been shunted aside, and this continues.
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
When the organization signed rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019, the performances narrowed further, centering around hip-hop while shunting aside rock, country, pop and other music genres that are also reflective of America’s melting pot.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
The losses were so devastating that they are being shunted to people more than 500 miles away who were otherwise unscathed.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
My ethnic identity was a constant push and pull, always feeling shunted by both sides.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2025
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
When the organization signed rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019, the performances narrowed further, centering around hip-hop while shunting aside rock, country, pop and other music genres that are also reflective of America’s melting pot.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
The losses were so devastating that they are being shunted to people more than 500 miles away who were otherwise unscathed.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
My ethnic identity was a constant push and pull, always feeling shunted by both sides.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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The show, which has already visited The Bushnell twice, regularly switches up its casts and also has allowed nods to different pop divas than the ones that originally inspired the show.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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That has left Catholics in Taiwan wondering what will happen to them should the Vatican ever switch recognition.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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The federal government’s online hub for news and information on COVID-19, the disease that's killed over a million Americans, now redirects to a new White House website that blames China for the pandemic.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Aircraft that have been due for Chinese deliveries can be redirected to customers that are currently waiting in line for theirs.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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According to her declaration, on March 2, roughly five days after Gonçalves was flown to Guantánamo, ICE transferred her again to an ICE facility in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, where she was held in isolation.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
30 Apr. 2025
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The first two years of the suspension, Baffert transferred his most promising horses to Tim Yakteen, his former assistant.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Not just as a matter of technical FX movement, but as a signal of political ambition, shifting global sentiment, and increasing systemic risk.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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As the operations location changes, such mobile buildings can be relocated or reconfigured to accommodate shifting project needs.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s looming tariffs announced at the start of this month, as well as the high tariff rates imposed on China in recent weeks, have caused many to question whether the administration is moving too quickly.—
Callie Patteson,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2025
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According to Victoria Dittmar of Insight Crime, a think tank that studies organized crime in the Americas, production continues by other Sinaloa cartel factions, and has since moved into neighboring states like Sonora and Baja California, where cooks operate under the oversight of the cartel.—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025
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Related Articles While not completely deviating from his wartime attire, Zelensky partially adhered to the Vatican’s dress code for the somber occasion.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2025
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With all your company’s data and operations in a unified platform, your team can monitor patterns and identify incidents that deviate from the norm.—
Bek Abdullayev,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Niederreiter scored his first goal of the series, too, deflecting Dylan Samberg’s point shot, and then Appleton and Niederreiter combined to get Adam Lowry an empty net goal to make it 5-2 with 3:13 left in the game.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The president, however, deflected blame from the weak figures reflected in the first economic report card of his second term.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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Though a breakup was averted, the Microsoft case established a legal precedent for how the U.S. government could pursue monopolistic tech companies, Weinstein said.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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If Trump brings his tariffs down enough, investors believe a recession could be averted.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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