- present participle of shift.
shifting
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Shifting snow conditions across the Arctic have made wolverine tracks harder to detect and document.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Shifting objectives and shadowy activity by vessels making the success of the US operation hard to measure.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Shifting some policy costs from electricity bills to general taxation could lower prices but would place greater strain on public finances.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Shifting to part-time work — Hill as a content creator and financial coach, and his wife as a newly trained esthetician — led their household income to fall 33%, from $180,000 to $120,000.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026
Shifting among productive locations, individual families, living on their own, ate seeds and fruit during the spring and fall and hunted during the winter.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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