shunting

present participle of shunt

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • This announcement comes as many e-commerce companies are shifting their business models to AI to reduce costs by automating many roles.
    Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Armed with an adventure kit, participants are summoned to a secret location where they’re tasked with deciphering cryptic codes, uncovering hidden symbols, navigating shifting alliances and outwit enemies and operatives stationed around the campus.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Later switching to the Chicago Sports Network, King became beloved as a studio analyst.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • Yung-Shin Kung said that CTAs had captured the rally in precious metals, primarily silver and gold, at the beginning of the year, before switching to industrial metals that are poised to benefit from AI infrastructure investment and supply constraints caused by the Iran war.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Verb
  • The show is deviating from the order of Kennedy's books, which explored the romance between Logan and Grace in the second installment, The Mistake.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
  • Charles Melton sweetly dedicated an award to his wife and newborn daughter, deviating from his famously private nature.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Canfield feels more comfortable deflecting the conversation away from himself and towards the collective group.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • At the Discovery Building, however, this wasn’t possible, so Broughton instead designed a huge wind deflector that channels gusts over the roof before deflecting them down the facade, pushing snow away from the building’s base.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • Creating parallel capabilities overseas risks duplicating existing infrastructure while diverting attention and resources from the interventions most likely to bring the outbreak under control.
    Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 5 June 2026
  • Concurrently, the Met botch their way through their investigation, diverting all their attention to an entirely innocent man while ignoring the serial offender under their nose.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Photonics, the use of light to transmit data, is an emerging technology considered to be a more efficient alternative to the current process of transferring data using electricity.
    Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • For Jackson, that meant starting at a mid-major, learning about the game and proving himself before transferring to an SEC power.
    Teddy Cahill, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Arab producers are drawing their own conclusions, redirecting supply chains away from Gulf chokepoints and investing in rail corridors linking inland production facilities to ports far removed from the current theater of conflict.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • For the millions of shoppers who have been redirecting their dollars away from corporate giants and toward small and local businesses, the May 4 announcement isn’t a logistics story at all.
    Patrick van Esch, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
Verb
  • Nippon Dynawave was cited for moving equipment involved before it could be inspected, but not for the incident itself, the news outlet reported.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Remember, as little as 6 inches of moving water can knock you off your feet.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
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“Shunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunting. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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