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  • present tense form of shift (3rd person singular).
  • plural of shift.
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shifts



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Thrifts are saddled with a growing number of troubled assets, according to the O.T.S.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2010

Thrifts that don’t want to deal with two regulators may swap their charters.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2010

Thrifts were collecting interest rates of around 8% or less on their 30-year mortgages, while paying double-digit interest to new depositors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thrifts have been gradually replacing those loans with adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, which protect the institutions from unexpected rate increases.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thrifts hold about one-third of all U.S. mortgages, down from nearly 60% some 20 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive




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