Thesaurus results for SHUNT

shunt

verb

as in to switch

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Recent Examples of shunt 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 That’s what happened with the Kona low, and an atmospheric river is now shunting that moisture and heat up to the Pacific Northwest, where some of it is diverging into the ridge and likely adding to the warmth. —

Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 20 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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With the Spectrum Savings Guarantee, customers who switch from AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon and add Spectrum Internet and at least two Spectrum Mobile lines are guaranteed to save $1,000 in their first year, or Spectrum will cover the difference.

— Dennis Johnson, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Kurt's key takeaways When your VPN keeps getting blocked, switching servers may feel like the easiest fix.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026