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shift

[shift] / ʃɪft /


NOUN
time served doing work
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




Example Sentences

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Their brains began to look and function more like those of older mice, and their behavior reflected this shift.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

If the zones are confirmed to be linked to exercises, the warnings “would represent a meaningful shift in how Beijing uses airspace control as a tool of military signaling,” Powell said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Such a shift is vital at this moment in history, when so much of modern life is designed to ask almost nothing of us.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

The FDA should forgo the usual human clinical trials in order to bring about this shift, a spokesperson for the alliance said.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

At 8:32 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, the person on night shift was just handing the work over to the person on day shift.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone