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shift
noun as in switch, fluctuation
Strongest matches
about-face, alteration, change, conversion, deviation, move, transfer, transformation, variation
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bend, changeover, deflection, displacement, double, fault, modification, passage, permutation, rearrangement, removal, shifting, substitution, tack, transference, transit, translocation, turn, veering, yaw
noun as in trick, stratagem
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artifice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expediency, expedient, gambit, hoax, makeshift, maneuver, ploy, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, ruse, stopgap, substitute, subterfuge, wile
noun as in time served doing work
verb as in switch, fluctuate
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alter, change, deviate, drift, move, relocate, remove, ship, shuffle, transfer, turn, vary, veer
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Example Sentences
Do you think that as we get older our thoughts shift to the more abstract, the music, than the definite, the lyrics?
As Sutton shows in his book, the important shift took place gradually, from the end of the Civil War until World War II.
Most other social justice movements are seeking some shift of power and money.
Another beautiful Eminor number, with a nice shift up to the major for the chorus.
And Asians also showed a shift toward the GOP in the mid-terms.
The question was put rather testily and caused the other to shift uncomfortably before making answer.
The night shift had clocked in over an hour ago, and there should be no passing through the gate for at least six hours.
So that we were compelled to remain all the next day at the anchorage to shift them.
Then suddenly he would shift shotgun for rifle and come home with a bearskin in the wagon.
The iris of the human eye dilates and contracts with every shift of illumination, and the Time Observatory had an iris too.
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On this page you'll find 343 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shift, such as: about-face, alteration, change, conversion, deviation, and move.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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