gears

Example Sentences

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Businesses are shifting gears to focus on creating “immersive experiences” with reduced footprints.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The couple quickly shifted gears and bought shares of the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

First he moved the hopeless cases — frames dented, forks bent, gears rusted — into one room and their cousins the wheelchairs into another, leaving about 90 that could be saved.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Baker lights up at the opportunity to get nerdy over fast bowling, eulogising about South Africa great Dale Steyn as "the king of going up and down the gears".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Now that I have a lead, the gears in my brain begin to spin.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse