Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunted
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If the robot learns to pick up a bottle in an exact position and the bottle is shifted slightly, a system that only imitates will repeat the original gesture and fail.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026 -
This is one of the missions originally awarded to United Launch Alliance under the NSSL Phase 2 contracts, but shifted to SpaceX after delays in ULA’s Vulcan certification.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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Following a few more years of work, the lexicographer—a studier or compiler of dictionaries—transferred his entire project online for anyone to peruse.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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Traffic was diverted away from the area, but there was no danger to the public, Gonzalez said.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
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But trade was diverted away from China.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Yet Kurnos said that Scripps has deviated from its peers with other moves, such as growing Scripps Sports with local media rights.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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Over the past few years, San Jose has deviated from the Housing First model by investing more money into interim housing options as an alternative to living on the streets.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Canadians struck with a shorthanded goal from Kristin O’Neill early in the second period, and that held up until Knight deflected a shot from the point by Laila Edwards to tie the score.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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Laila Edwards launched the puck toward the net, as Knight positioned herself in front of the Canadian goalie and deflected it in.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
19 Feb. 2026
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After that, Spencer switched majors, earned her bachelor’s in recreation and leisure studies from Cal State Sacramento and began her new journey as an event coordinator and producer.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Second, when the color boom of 2015-’16 switched to skin care, Coty was not positioned to compete in that key category.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Everyone who had already arrived at school was evacuated while police searched the building, and district officials redirected buses to another location.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Canada, the team and the country, could finally take a breath when Suzuki redirected defenseman Devon Toews’ shot from the point past Czechia goaltender Lukas Dostal.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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Six unmarked police cars were spotted on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, where Mountbatten-Windsor recently moved, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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The loss on Thursday night moved the Hornets (26-30) from ninth to 10th in the Eastern Conference, on the edge of the play-in tournament if the season ended today.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Shunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunted. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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