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Recent Examples of shunt
The design also allows the gases to be shunted off as soon as they are produced, reducing the risk of explosion.
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science.org, 23 Jan. 2025
Women do not like to have their priorities shunted aside.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Changes in the atmosphere responding to La Niña can force the jet stream to move northward over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which shunts storms into Canada’s West Coast instead of the western US, starving states like California of rain.
—Dennis Mersereau, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
Movies about straight relationships are able to run both stars as leads, while movies about gay romance must shunt half the central couple down to supporting, which arguably results in a smaller awards-season profile.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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science.org, 23 Jan. 2025
Women do not like to have their priorities shunted aside.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Changes in the atmosphere responding to La Niña can force the jet stream to move northward over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which shunts storms into Canada’s West Coast instead of the western US, starving states like California of rain.
—Dennis Mersereau, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2025
Movies about straight relationships are able to run both stars as leads, while movies about gay romance must shunt half the central couple down to supporting, which arguably results in a smaller awards-season profile.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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After all, the warmer weather often elicits change for designers, and the fashion set yearning to switch things up.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
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Muscle weakness may switch from one side of the body to the other but is rarely felt on both sides at the same time.14 People with hemiplegic migraines may also experience:14 Headache Visual, sensory, or speech auras Fever Fatigue Clumsy movement 9.—
Janelle McSwiggin, MSN,
Health,
17 Mar. 2025
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Trump has argued the executive branch has leeway to cut or redirect spending to save money or make government more efficient.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
15 Mar. 2025
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Two Moscow airports were closed for safety reasons and several flights to the Russian capital were redirected to other airports, according to state-run news agency TASS.—
Tricia Escobedo,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Following its recovery, workers transferred the mummy to the Niğde Museum Directorate for further analysis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2025
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He was transferred to a detention unit on the Dutch coast.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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The increase came as border-crossing routes shifted away from Arizona to California last winter and spring, with San Diego County becoming the busiest gateway for undocumented immigrants crossing between ports of entry.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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The United States has shifted its approach on the war since the return of Trump to the White House.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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The other major addition was a giant digital tapestry that moved slowly up or down the giant canvas behind the Dead, with surreal animation that had more wealth of detail than the naked eye could take in, even over the course of an extended Dead jam.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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The joys of not making an announcement is that Apple has the wiggle room to move things up to and including the release date, so things could change.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Between the lines: The company hasn't deviated from its pledge to go net-zero by 2050, Coben says.—
Alan Neuhauser,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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To cover its tracks, the social media company allegedly deviated from usual practices and attempted to conceal the torrenting by using Amazon Web Services.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
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Middle East crisis — explained The report sparked a retort from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has deflected personal responsibility in the security failure.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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Now Moore is proactively blaming President Donald Trump, grasping at straws to deflect the blame.—
John Teichert,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Mar. 2025
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On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A government shutdown has been averted.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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That would-be crisis was averted, but the scare added to a history of flooding disasters that have plagued those communities.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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