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Recent Examples of shunt
Suddenly, questions about the park’s opening are shunted aside in favor of whether or not anyone on the island can survive.
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Will Harris, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Those wealthy enough to pay $1,000 up front would have their protection claims heard; those unable to pay would be shunted back to face persecution and the problems that drove them from their home countries to begin with.
—Bill Frelick, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
This season is also being broadcast in Australia on Channel Seven, a free-to-air television network, as the ongoing World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa is shunted behind an online streaming service.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
But too often, Fins told me, patients are shunted into long-term-care homes that cannot provide the attention and rehab that could uncover subtle signs of consciousness.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
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Will Harris, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Those wealthy enough to pay $1,000 up front would have their protection claims heard; those unable to pay would be shunted back to face persecution and the problems that drove them from their home countries to begin with.
—Bill Frelick, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
This season is also being broadcast in Australia on Channel Seven, a free-to-air television network, as the ongoing World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa is shunted behind an online streaming service.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
But too often, Fins told me, patients are shunted into long-term-care homes that cannot provide the attention and rehab that could uncover subtle signs of consciousness.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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Last night, the coolest dressed couple decided to switch-things up and hit the comedy circuit.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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This helps minimize the inconvenience of frequently having to switch between distinct tabs or programs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Mar. 2026
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In a recent article for the People’s Daily, Duan, a professor at Xidian University, suggested that the high-frequency microwave beams used to transmit electricity could be redirected.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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As missiles strike cities long assumed to be safe, sovereign wealth funds that have been pouring money into African renewable grids, ports, and startups may soon redirect toward immediate domestic priorities.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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In June, his twin sons transferred to his alma mater from a Detroit prep school with hopes of making their papa proud and lifting the town’s spirit.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Whereas lithium-ion technologies are transferred from electric vehicle chemistries, Form’s tech instead focuses on heavier, less-efficient iron-air batteries that are, most notably, much cheaper than lithium-ion.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
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The redistricting efforts, though appearing significant in scope, reflect legitimate partisan responses to shifting political terrain, where defensive countermeasures by one party are necessary to balance aggressive moves by the other party seeking electoral advantages.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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This footage is overlaid with rapidly shifting colors via video synthesizer, obscuring our view, and an iris that periodically frames the runner.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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This led investigators to determine that Michael’s body was once buried in the backyard, but moved before the excavation.—
Alex Brizee
March 5,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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With this framework in place, the robots can move with human-like agility, run, jump, and climb over obstacles in urban or natural environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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In this case, however, your expertise is needed to help a jury (or litigants) decide whether someone’s personal or professional behavior deviated from the norm in a way that would irreparably harm another person.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Technique, identity and a willingness to deviate from orthodoxy do.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Canucks opened the scoring midway through the first period when Jake DeBrusk drove into the offensive zone, put a shot off Oettinger’s right pad and Evander Kane deflected the rebound in from the side of the net for his 11th goal of the season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The tour guide may have deflected my Phantom questions, but the opera house plays up just enough of the mystery.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2026
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President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, meant to avert a conflict over slavery by equalizing the number of states where the brutal practice was and was not allowed, on March 6, 1820.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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To avert the crisis, Yue had to rush to switch off the Mac Mini machine where her claw resided.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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