shifts

Example Sentences

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Fortune’s life shifts happened all at once—a bundle of change that included a new fiction-writing career, her second baby and a move to a new home.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

This shifts the premium back to the “what” and the “why.”

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The force said the money had already helped fund an additional 1,000 officer shifts per week, largely through overtime and redeployment.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The phenomenon essentially shifts traditional weather patterns around, for example moving rain that normally falls over Indonesia out to sea, leaving the country vulnerable to drought and wildfires.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Tūtū has asthma, so she can get out of breath when she’s been working hard or the weather shifts.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila