shift
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Step off the 7 train, and languages quickly shift from Nepali and Bengali to Spanish and Tagalog as you walk between blocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Against that backdrop, news of the leadership shift seemed to overshadow upbeat earnings results for the company.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
During El Nino, trade winds weaken and atmospheric patterns shift across the tropical Pacific, allowing warm waters around Indonesia to spread eastward toward South America.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
"Abandonment wasn't because the site became ecologically unsuitable in any absolute sense. Bison were still around, vegetation hadn't changed, and there was no substantive shift in fire activities," Wendt pointed out.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
I yelp, but it’s only the operator come to take over my shift.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing shift
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 3
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 2
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