shift gears
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Or if you’re doing well in your career but taking time to shift gears, then you can bet on your future self.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
As that market became less welcoming to transgressive weirdos, the author began to shift gears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Because real live people, unlike pretrained bots, are able to craft, edit, adjust, and spontaneously shift gears in ways that these apps, however impressive, still just can’t.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024
The ability to shift gears, like in a car, allows for control of the degree or direction of motion generated, making machines more versatile.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2024
It took him a moment to shift gears.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
