- present participle of shuffle.
shuffling
Example Sentences
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"This is simply the shuffling around of existing departmental budgets," they added.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
To accommodate his bat, the team is shuffling three of its infielders, allowing him to stay at second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Those supports are a vital part of a long-term-care plan, and could do more to help stretch funds than any shuffling around of index funds or tax strategizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
An AFP journalist captured rare footage at Al-Rahmaniyah camp showing exhausted women shuffling under a punishing sun, jerrycans swaying on their heads after hours spent waiting for water at a distant well.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
“You are the only one worth playing for. Those others? Bah!” and she went shuffling and sidling on down the gallery toward her room.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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