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Recent Examples of shunt
Other than very delicately shunting around extremely fragile neutral atom quantum computers or superconducting circuits, teleportation is one of the main ways quantum information can be physically moved through space.
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Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
Reform proposals offered by both Democrats and Republicans often are shunted aside, including during the height of the Madigan scandal.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
The design also allows the gases to be shunted off as soon as they are produced, reducing the risk of explosion.
—science.org, 23 Jan. 2025
Women do not like to have their priorities shunted aside.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
Reform proposals offered by both Democrats and Republicans often are shunted aside, including during the height of the Madigan scandal.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
The design also allows the gases to be shunted off as soon as they are produced, reducing the risk of explosion.
—science.org, 23 Jan. 2025
Women do not like to have their priorities shunted aside.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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While the focus group — made up of 13 Pennsylvania voters who backed former President Biden in 2020 but switched to Trump last November — is not a statistically significant sample, the responses show how some voters are thinking and talking about current events.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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The world is changing, and many countries are switching to cleaner energy.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Supporting others in tangible ways - like volunteering, donating, or organizing - can help redirect anxiety into collective empowerment.—
Nicole Lipkin,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The severity of the symptoms of arterial thrombosis in the leg varies, depending on which artery is affected, the time course of the artery blockage (sudden versus gradual), and whether the body can redirect blood flow through other arteries.—
Alicen Nelson MD,
Verywell Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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On March 28, the agency notified its remaining employees that they would be terminated either on July 1, when all remaining USAID functions are set to be merged with State, or before Sept. 2, when the agency’s operations will have been substantially wound down or transferred to State.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
6 Apr. 2025
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Trusting her advice, the man agreed to a partial payment and transferred $200 through Zelle, the report said.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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But after Bonet departed the series following its first season, the focus shifted to characters played by Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Glynn Turman, Cory Tyler, Lou Myers, Darryl M. Bell, Cree Summer, and Charnele Brown.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Instead, Outback will shift to setting consistently low prices.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Eventually any discourse about his low batting average and moving him in the lineup evaporated as Judge finished with a .322 average, 58 homers and 144 RBIS, barely missing out on matching Mickey Mantle in the Triple Crown department.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Her favorite ways to move around are by train and bike, and her backpack always has nuts, clementines, and something to read.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
3 Apr. 2025
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The show deviates from the real Melissa and Keith and goes into entirely fictional territory, introducing another possible victim.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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There’s always a chance for a surprise cameo that deviates from the source material, but Choi Hyun-wook is not currently listed as a Season 2 cast member.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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After losing a one-goal lead late in the third period, Marco Rossi deflected a feed from Mats Zuccarello past Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger on a 4-on-3 man advantage in overtime to beat the Stars 3-2 at Xcel Energy Center.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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Morel deflects the attention and prefers to be part of a larger collective.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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The periods between these evolutionary steps present opportunities to slow this process and possibly avert a global disaster.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Yet the decree was soon averted in the most Trumpian of ways: with a deal.—
Calvin Woodward,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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