shunted

verb

past tense of shunt
as in shifted

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  1. shifted
  2. transferred
  3. diverted
  4. deviated
  5. deflected
  6. switched
  7. redirected
  8. moved
Verb
  • This June, his administration largely shifted special-education oversight to HHS and the Office for Civil Rights to the Department of Justice.
    — Claire Sibonney, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The cancellation came 10 days after Maersk shifted two other sailings on the Northern Star service—the Seaspan Guayaquil and AS California—from Shanghai to Xiamen.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of shifted
Verb
  • Settlement Institutions need capital, controls, systems and people to manage the gap between when a trade is agreed and the asset plus the payment are transferred.
    — Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Funds added to your Checking Account are transferred to your Chime Card Secured Deposit Account - other than Chime Card cash deposits at retailers, which go to your Chime Card Account, then deposit to your Secured Deposit Account.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of transferred
Verb
  • But the focus on fees and expenses also diverted the attention of investors.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Some critics saw them as little more than a handout that diverted resources from more pressing needs such as healthcare and education.
    — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of diverted
Verb
  • The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.
    — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • Rompola’s first opportunity to kill the whitetail failed when his arrow was deflected.
    — Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Ryder Ajeto’s first touch in the box was deflected by a Florida defender, but Ajeto followed the ball and scored from eight yards to produce the final 3-1 margin.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of deflected
Verb
  • All told, more than 40,000 Californians switched their licenses over those two years.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Nuno switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation against Southampton and Mukasa will hope to play a prominent role as an attacking midfielder as West Ham face a trip to Watford, followed by successive home games against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Derby County.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of switched
Verb
  • Traffic from northbound lanes will be redirected to Langford Parkway, and then through the city on I-75/85 north, and back on I-20 west to rejoin I-285.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Officials also need to sign off on additional formal steps, such as issuing the bonds and setting the boundaries from which portions of tax revenue would be redirected as economic activity goes up within the area.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of redirected
Verb
  • Lala moved south of the Big Island on Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane, damaging or destroying more than 100 homes and cutting off some communities, according to the governor.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • When Airbnb moved an earlier cohort of hosts to the new structure last year, about 30% raised prices enough to fully offset the higher fee and another 30% partially offset it, according to an analysis by short-term rental data firm AirDNA.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of moved
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