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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunted
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Biogen has shifted its focus to its pipeline of late-stage products, including therapies for lupus and antibody-medicated rejection (AMR) treatments for kidney transplant patients, according to Wells Fargo.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Gao Jiyang, founder and CEO of embodied AI firm Galaxea, said the challenge has shifted from simply collecting more data to allocating it across modalities in a structured way.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said there were three people transferred to an area hospital with critical injuries, with at least one of them having to be extricated due to their foot becoming trapped.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Jackson was placed with a foster family unrelated to him for several weeks, then transferred to his grandfather’s custody in Roseville.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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While the small moonlet asteroid Dimorphos posed no threat to Earth, the mission served as a successful demonstration that dangerous space rocks could be diverted from a collision course with Earth.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Construction equipment was mobilized to the project area March 23, and traffic was diverted away from the Twenty Mile Road's northbound lanes and onto the southbound lanes March 25.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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But, for all the sensationalism that has attended the reporting of this story, nothing that Orbán said privately deviated from his public positions.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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There’s been times when he’s deviated from such plans in the past for that reason.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Martone deflected a point shot from Matvei Michkov, the 21-year-old Russian who navigated an uneven first half of the season only to heat up as the games heightened in importance down the stretch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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McTavish deflected a shot by Mikael Granlund for his second goal of the night and his 17th of the season.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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Most recently, the Pacific Island nation of Nauru switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in January 2024, following similar moves by Honduras in 2023 and Nicaragua in 2021.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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This year marked the 51st edition of the longest-running major street race in North America, which started in 1975 as part of the Formula 5000 Series, switched to the CART/Champ Car World Series in 1984 and joined the IndyCar Series in 2009.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Instead, the drive has redirected its energy toward dropping cards of encouragement and flowers at the homes of service members' families.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Those living in encampments can be redirected to areas in which schools and businesses are not within close proximity and won’t be subjected to arrest or citation.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Cameras moved to the back of the room Utah County prosecutor Chad Grunander noted that nearly all of the clips shown by the defense as examples of media sensationalism did not include material from the courtroom livestream.—
Matthew Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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When Manning began teaching in the early 1990s, communication between teachers and parents moved at a slower, more deliberate pace.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Shunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunted. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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