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Recent Examples of shunt
The previous federal administration’s efforts to address this crisis have been shunted aside by the current administration, leaving a gap that the state of Maryland can help address.
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Michelle Kaufman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
The warm and dry conditions in the West can be traced to a persistent bulge or ridge in the jet stream that has shunted storms and colder air to the north.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Crews were slashed as well, shrinking from over 600 naval personnel to around 170 civilian mariners after the Navy shunted the ships to the Military Sealift Command.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Truman had been shunted off to relatives and marked as an outsider from the beginning.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Michelle Kaufman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
The warm and dry conditions in the West can be traced to a persistent bulge or ridge in the jet stream that has shunted storms and colder air to the north.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Crews were slashed as well, shrinking from over 600 naval personnel to around 170 civilian mariners after the Navy shunted the ships to the Military Sealift Command.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Truman had been shunted off to relatives and marked as an outsider from the beginning.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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And switching to the right ceiling fan setting can make your room feel up to 4 degrees cooler and cut cooling costs by as much as 30%, according to some experts.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
4 May 2026
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Yankuba Minteh, switched to the left wing after half-time, thrice ran past Miley only to dribble out of play or be cordoned off each time.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Where artists like Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby pushed the instrument inventively into mostly instrumental jazz, Davis redirects it toward a more singer-songwriterly inwardness.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Motown Records redirected American pop away from its white-centric rock ’n’ roll course, and Smokey Robinson was central to that era-defining mission.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The family and foundation of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi say the human rights activist has been denied proper treatment and has not gotten better since being transferred from prison to a hospital.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Over the coming two decades, baby boomers and older generations are projected to transfer around $84 trillion to younger heirs and charitable causes by 2045.—
Ed Smith-Lewis,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Ever the optimist, Obama shifted out of his defensive posture.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Conversations can start light but shift quickly once something real needs to be said.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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He was instructed to respond by moving his eyes from left to right, and sure enough, the researchers counted two rightward movements of his eyes.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Mercury moves through your 1st House of Identity, sharpening your voice and making your words more direct than usual.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The CosmicFlows catalogue, organized by astronomers in France and Hawaii, is a record of measurements of the 'peculiar' motions of galaxies, or rather, their motions that deviate from that expected by the continuous expansion of space.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
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As part of its IDEM permit, BP is required to report any emissions that deviate from the standards in the Clean Air Act, according to the agency statement.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jackson also accused Lewis George’s supporters of trying to deflect attention from the OCF investigation involving her campaign.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Apr. 2026
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This motion is difficult to observe; hydrogen is practically invisible to X-rays, which in water molecules deflect only off the atoms of oxygen.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Apr. 2026
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Six bargaining sessions have included a federal mediator, who acts as a neutral third-party and is typically called in to help avert a strike.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Crisis averted, Tommy agrees to stay at Ludlow.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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