How to Use shake-up in a Sentence

shake-up

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• The iPhone’s app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
• But if upheld, the verdict will force a shake-up at the top of the company.
  — Michael R. Sisak, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
• Yet harbingers of this shake-up and the scale of its impact have been in plain sight for months.
  — Nic Robertson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• The town council is set to have a shake-up with two new members and a new mayor next year.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
• Getty Images There’s been a shake-up in the passport world.
  — Alex Millson, Fortune Europe, 11 Jan. 2024
• The Lakers had lost four straight games prior to that game, and Coach Darvin Ham felt a shake-up was needed.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• But the financial shake-up, the report adds, threatens the economies of cities more broadly.
  — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 14 July 2023
• Even a tiny shake-up in a small corner of the CCM industry can feel like an earthquake.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
• How would one fewer day in their safe haven or a shake-up to their routine affect them?
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
• His most recent shake-up, in 2019: picking up a paintbrush again.
  — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2024
• Through shake-ups and halts in production, the series was filmed in and around Los Angeles.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2023
• Someone who’s part of the old regime is the wrong choice for delivering the jarring shake-up required.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• China’s tech royalty is going through a bit of a shake-up.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 1 Feb. 2024
• The mega-rare merging of Jupiter and Uranus inspires a professional shake-up.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
• The hitting staff already got a shake-up last year, when Aaron Bates was promoted to replace Brant Brown.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Fox News picked Jesse Watters to serve as permanent host of its 8 p.m. show as part of a broader shake-up of the network’s prime-time lineup.
  — Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
• The government has been considering such a shake-up for months.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• For the Orioles in recent years, a shake-up typically occurs at some point during the six-week ramp-up.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2023
• The DeSantis campaign had to lay off more than one-third of its staff in a campaign shake-up to realign its efforts in late July.
  — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2023
• The hiring of Suleyman is a key admission that something wasn’t working out with the Windows and AI shake-up from six months ago.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024
• For many readers, this sudden change in leadership was a shake-up, but the decision wasn’t quite as shocking for those on the media beat.
  — Sara Youngblood Gregory, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• For Seagen, based in Bothell, Wash., the transaction comes after a leadership shake-up.
  — Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• The announcement is part of a larger executive shake-up at the video platform, known for its viral dances.
  — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• The supermodel’s new baby boy—who joins her daughter to round out the family of three—isn’t the only major shake-up in her life.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
• Besides the demographic and economic shake-ups, the war has brought changes in the way Jews relate to their Ukrainian identity.
  — Marcel Gascón Barberá, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
• That can wear on an organization over time, and there’s a feeling that perhaps Buffalo needs a shake-up to finally get over the hump.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• Kandy and Jimbo aren't shown responding to Heidi's words, but something tells us that an India Ferrah-esque shake-up is ahead.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 27 May 2023
• There is also the issue of how the property shake-up will affect Charles's upcoming coronation on May 6.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
• These shake-ups also deliver a more pronounced sense of things ending and beginning.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• Spending may dip during recessions or other shake-ups, but the buyer never goes away.
  — Curbed, 1 Feb. 2024

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shake up

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• So just how chaotic will the winners be this year, and could the group's picks shake up the Oscar race?
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 9 Jan. 2023
• In the ninth game of the second set, Djokovic took a hard fall behind the baseline and was shaken up.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• The outcome of those games could certainly shake up the top-four teams in the district.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
• And that is when the ax fell fast in ways that shook up the creative community.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
• But none of this has kept the other candidates from trying to shake up the race.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Of course, something else (like the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision) could still shake up the midterms.
  — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
• At the same time, Iowa is one of the rare campaign events that can shake up the remainder of the primary.
  — G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
• Virgo rising ‘Tis the season to shake up the basis of your self-worth.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• Here are eight artists who shook up their scenes and resonated with fans.
  — Maya Salam, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Now that Lee has shaken up the top 10, what other Christmas song could sneak in to No. 1 next?
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
• Housing experts expect the deal to shake up the housing market and even drive down home prices across the board.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
• Dunkin’ is also trying to shake up some of its fan-favorites.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
• The Friars' Bryce Hopkins got shook up with 1:52 left in the half, when Toppin blocked his dunk attempt.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
• Here's how to make the most of what’s been shaking up the Umbrian panorama lately.
  — Elisa Carassai, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
• The justices are no strangers to shaking up the landscape of American sports.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
• Storms and storm response could shake up some of the state's key political races.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2022
• The company has been shaking up that part of the business amid broader turnover.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
• Simply put, there was no rulebook on when, or how, to comment on things that were shaking up the nation, and the world.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
• The Princess of Wales has long been wedded to her court shoes, but this summer, she’s been shaking up her footwear choices.
  — Vogue, 14 July 2023
• Nelson Peltz is renewing his fight to shake up Disney‘s board.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• The status of Trail Blazers’ star Damian Lillard could shake up the market.
  — oregonlive, 30 June 2023
• The homeowner, although shaken up, was safe, as were his pets.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
• In 2012, the world would be shaken up by the death of Trayvon Martin, with a handful of Black deaths at the hands of police violence to follow.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Sep. 2023
• The Libra eclipse on the 14th is the first in a series that will shake up the trajectory of your professional life over the next year or so.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• Take Someone Else Hunting Want to shake up your season a little bit?
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2023
• Climate change likely caused a loss of habitat and shook up the food chain, leading to extinction for the megalodon.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2024
• For rinsing out a chili-garlic sauce jar without first cracking an egg or two in it to shake up a spicy scramble.
  — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
• In a response to the Lakers’ winless trip and the relentlessly poor starts to games, coach Darvin Ham shook up the starting lineup.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• There’s reason to move slowly in shaking up its search engine.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• One factor that has the potential to shake up the race is whether Feinstein will be able to finish her term in office.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024