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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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The World Cup has come to an end, so the focus for fans immediately switches back to transfers and domestic football.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Neighboring countries have sent boats, spotter planes and rescue personnel, including a contingent of divers from French Guiana as officials prepare to switch from a rescue operation to a recovery one.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of switch

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Today’s guardrails are designed to absorb or redirect collisions coming from angles of less than twenty-five degrees, as the overwhelming majority of guardrail crashes do.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Coupang is likely to redirect inventory from nearby facilities to minimize disruptions.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 July 2026

Definition of redirect

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If this happens, the demand in launch capacity transferring from SpaceX might lead to more opportunities for companies such as Rocket Lab and RFA One, assuming more rockets are ready in time.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Williams, a senior, was an all-conference point guard for Arizona and Iowa State before transferring to LSU this spring.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of transfer

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The Tigers won for just the second time in six games to start a three-city West Coast swing and moved within 3 1/2 games of the final wild-card spot in the American League.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
If the proposal moves forward, corporate demographic data related to employee race and gender would be less available to the public.

— Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of move

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Palm Aire residents Wayne Oken and Richard Hosford say the plan deviates from what was originally promised when the development was first unveiled.

— Joan Murray, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Practicing deviating from our defaults, no matter how mundane, prepares us to deviate again, even in higher stakes contexts.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of deviate

Verb

The author criticizes OpenAI's narrative as a marketing tactic, deflecting from its responsibility for inadequate test environments.

— Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
When the opportunity arrives, Graves always seems to be in the correct position to knock down an open 3-pointer, deflect an opponent’s pass, grab a loose ball or snag a rebound.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Definition of deflect

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