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Recent Examples of shunt
After being temporarily shunted into portable cabins, Manchester United’s women’s squad are considering using the FA’s St George’s Park complex as a training base.
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Phil Hay, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Nonetheless, time is consumed even when the content is being merely shunted along.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
The manner in which tens of thousands of bags a day are shunted around at terminals A and B is akin to an aging car kept running with pliers and duct tape, racing from breakdown to breakdown and overheating.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
Any rescue from the muck rests with ordinary citizens taking city and state government back from the politicians serving special interests rather than their own; and shunting aside the go-along-to-get-along business and civic elites settling for decrepitude.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
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Phil Hay, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Nonetheless, time is consumed even when the content is being merely shunted along.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
The manner in which tens of thousands of bags a day are shunted around at terminals A and B is akin to an aging car kept running with pliers and duct tape, racing from breakdown to breakdown and overheating.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
Any rescue from the muck rests with ordinary citizens taking city and state government back from the politicians serving special interests rather than their own; and shunting aside the go-along-to-get-along business and civic elites settling for decrepitude.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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These trigger point also simplify the setup for an organisation’s AV teams while eliminating the need for presenter training or multiple cameras to switch views.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Penn Badgley Kicks Off Filming for You's Fifth and Final Season in N.Y.C. The screen then switches to show Joe’s bloody hands before he can be seen running through the woods.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Heading cuts are intended to remove the terminal bud at the end of a main stem where most growth takes place and redirect the plant’s energies toward growth on side branches.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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With better energy efficiency and fewer hardware demands, industries such as healthcare, automotive manufacturing and renewable energy can reclaim critical resources and redirect them toward innovation.—
Eric Solis,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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But strikers Carlos Vinicius, Islam Slimani and, to an extent, Darwin Nunez have struggled to transfer their Primeira Liga form in Portugal to the Premier League.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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In August that same year, her employer transferred her to the position of night guest laundry attendant at a wage of $16.50 an hour.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Bills had shifted their offensive line protection toward the All-Pro Jones, which allowed the space for him and Reid to run free.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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Now the market has shifted toward cotton grown with regenerative practices.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Jan. 2025
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Senate Republicans are moving ahead quickly on Hegseth’s nomination despite an affidavit from his former sister-in-law obtained by Senate Democrats that accuses him of having an alcohol problem and being abusive to his ex-wife Samantha Hegseth.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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The snow is moving east Tuesday, and is affecting coastal areas all the way to the Florida Panhandle and southern Carolinas.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The biggest event, the Oscars broadcast itself, has shown no indication of budging from its March 2 air date or deviating from standard operating procedure.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s decision to deviate from that formula and provide reprieve for even the most violent Jan. 6 protesters has put congressional Republicans in an uncomfortable spot.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Josh Morrissey’s wrister went off the leg of Gabriel Vilardi, who was standing at the front left side of Blackwood, and the puck deflected into the net.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2025
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Lettieri deflected in Oesterle’s shot for his second goal in two games.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Had both parties agreed to these terms then, thousands of Gazans might still be alive, and the recent destruction in the northern Gaza Strip could have been averted.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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The aim is to prevent AI from emitting foul remarks, stop AI from plainly showcasing how to make bombs and other weapons, and even avert the vaunted existential risk that AI might one day opt to enslave or wipe out humankind.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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