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Recent Examples of shunt
Expectations for a deal were depressed by worries of a looming U.S. withdrawal from global climate cooperation, geopolitical turmoil, and a rise of isolationist politics that had shunted climate change off much of the world’s top priorities list.
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Reuters, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
All these policies getting shunted aside, dropped and forgotten about are her responsibility to manage.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
The release date had to be shunted from summer 1995 to a much more competitive slot in December.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Even when the judiciary and Congress exercise their checks-and-balances powers over the executive branch, the American secrecy machine still finds a way to shunt aside substantive discussions about a host of programs and policies.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Reuters, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
All these policies getting shunted aside, dropped and forgotten about are her responsibility to manage.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
The release date had to be shunted from summer 1995 to a much more competitive slot in December.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Even when the judiciary and Congress exercise their checks-and-balances powers over the executive branch, the American secrecy machine still finds a way to shunt aside substantive discussions about a host of programs and policies.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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In the Netflix holiday movie, Garner plays a mom who switches bodies with her teenage daughter (Wednesday's Emma Myers), while her husband (Helms) switches with their son (Brady Noon, of Good Boys fame).Escher Walcott, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Before switching allegiance a final time, Zendejas played for first the U.S. and then Mexico at youth level, where paperwork irregularities caused by his failure to file a one-time switch led to the Mexican federation being hit with FIFA fines and forced to forfeit five games.The Athletic, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Transportation officials have been studying road usage fees (pay per mile) and other ideas, but King suggests redirecting a percentage of vehicle sales taxes into the transportation preservation and maintenance account.Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Dec. 2024
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The common factor in most attacks is redirecting the target using phishing tactics to land them on a legitimate-looking site where they will be asked to login.Davey Winder, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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For those students who start at a community college and aspire to achieve a bachelor's degree by transferring to a four-year college or university, only about 15% ultimately succeed.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Biden also objected to language barring the use of funds made available by the bill to transfer detainees held at Guantánamo Bay into the United States.Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
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Over the decades, tote bags have evolved from practical workhorses into cultural currency, adapting to reflect the shifting identities of their carriers.Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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The landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years.JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
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The team conceded two goals in the first five minutes of the game, leading to an early timeout for Craig Berube, but the wake-up call didn’t move the needle much.Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The vehicles were moving quickly down the straight.Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
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My only quibble: unlike Part 1, Part 2 actually deviates quite substantially from the source material, particularly with regard to the fates of Constance and Milady.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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The physical production did not dramatically deviate from the Gypsys that came before it.Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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The pass, however, was deflected and fell incomplete, and the 49ers settled for a field goal.Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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But instead of engaging, Contessa deflects, pointing to her own unresolved issues with Simone.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
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Trump and Vance's last-minute intervention forces Johnson to balance appeasing the president-elect and his allies while renegotiating the bipartisan spending plan and averting a shutdown within days.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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As such, and with plenty of time left before the threat becomes a reality, there’s every chance that the worst-case scenario can be averted.Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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