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Recent Examples of shunt
Cardinals who feel they’ve been shunted out of power by the reforms may also use their vote for comeuppance.
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Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
However many top-five faves cannot muster themselves up and out of sixth or seventh at the wire this afternoon will get shunted out of the Derby points game altogether.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The Stanley Cup playoffs were temporarily shunted to the back burner Sunday by the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in Stockholm.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Instead, using money set aside for tribes, the government shunted Native children into schools where they were beaten, abused and forced to assimilate.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
However many top-five faves cannot muster themselves up and out of sixth or seventh at the wire this afternoon will get shunted out of the Derby points game altogether.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The Stanley Cup playoffs were temporarily shunted to the back burner Sunday by the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in Stockholm.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Instead, using money set aside for tribes, the government shunted Native children into schools where they were beaten, abused and forced to assimilate.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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When Williams or other guards screened for Gilgeous-Alexander, Indiana was able to switch more comfortably because there wasn’t an acre of space behind them.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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While LLMs are certainly here to stay, and are likely to be further incorporated into our lives, the researchers hope their study can help users make better choices, switching between models depending on the task at hand.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 June 2025
Verb
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After completing their primary missions, both were redirected to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System.—
Scott Snowden,
Space.com,
18 June 2025
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These services have been against Meta’s policies for a while now, but Crush AI continually avoided detection by making new profiles on the company's ad tools and using domains that redirected to a different URL.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
12 June 2025
Verb
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2025
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Six suspects were apprehended and transferred to police, the IDF said.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 June 2025
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Once a major battleground, Virginia has shifted toward Democrats over the past 20 years, though Republicans have proved competitive in the state's off-year gubernatorial races.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The dangerous and record-shattering heat will shift east by the end of the weekend and the start of next week.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
20 June 2025
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Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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The rash traditionally starts at the hairline and moves its way down the body, according to Pan.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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The fatal flight’s initial trajectory in the air is also somewhat typical and does not deviate significantly from the previous seven Air India Flight 171 departures from Ahmedabad, according to historical flight data.—
Mika Gröndahl,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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The image had shown a dessert dramatically deviating from the typical McDonald's serving, yet presented without explanation—leaving much to speculation.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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The Argentine forward couldn’t believe his luck when Jhon Arias’ deflected cross dropped to him in the six-yard box.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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In the sixth, down 2-1, Ward led off the bottom half with a double, on a ground ball deflected by a diving attempt by Nationals third baseman Brady House.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Pakistan has announced its nomination of President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, crediting him with averting a major conflict in South Asia at a time when the U.S. leader is contemplating intervention in the Middle East.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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The day pass announcement comes after state lawmakers last month failed to pass transit reform legislation — or find funding to avert a looming $771 million fiscal cliff — during their spring legislative session.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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