1
as in stomped
to move heavily or clumsily
the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers
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as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
shuffle the cards and deal five to each player
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Recent Examples of shuffled
Shielded by her team, Cardi B shuffled out to the street, a blob of black nylon.
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Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Women in America’s boardrooms made strides as corporations shuffled their mostly White and male lineups in the face of the historic pushback in 2020.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Ibrahima Konate and others shuffled over from right centre-back to help out, too.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Quantum computers also use computing gates that allow qubits to be shuffled between these states and to run computations in parallel.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
Cindy Wilhelm, originally from Akron, Ohio, shuffled for three years before securing a long-term residence permit in France.
—Carole Rosenblat, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Conservation and breeding efforts shuffled three giraffes around Colorado zoos this year — one returning home to Denver after months away, another joining the Denver herd and a third finding a new home in Colorado Springs, according to zoo officials.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Carlos Mendoza isn’t to blame, nor are this group of players, who are being shuffled around the field like Yahtzee dice.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
While the administration has shuffled funding to pay DHS employees during the shutdown, those funds are expected to dry up in the first week of May if Congress doesn’t act beforehand.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Women in America’s boardrooms made strides as corporations shuffled their mostly White and male lineups in the face of the historic pushback in 2020.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Ibrahima Konate and others shuffled over from right centre-back to help out, too.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Quantum computers also use computing gates that allow qubits to be shuffled between these states and to run computations in parallel.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
Cindy Wilhelm, originally from Akron, Ohio, shuffled for three years before securing a long-term residence permit in France.
—Carole Rosenblat, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Conservation and breeding efforts shuffled three giraffes around Colorado zoos this year — one returning home to Denver after months away, another joining the Denver herd and a third finding a new home in Colorado Springs, according to zoo officials.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Carlos Mendoza isn’t to blame, nor are this group of players, who are being shuffled around the field like Yahtzee dice.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
While the administration has shuffled funding to pay DHS employees during the shutdown, those funds are expected to dry up in the first week of May if Congress doesn’t act beforehand.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffled
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Grgich stomped grapes at age 3.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
15 May 2026
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International researchers have officially identified Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, a massive dinosaur that has stomped its way into the record books as the largest ever found in Southeast Asia.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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The shopping area’s management said the takeovers disrupted operations and negatively impacted businesses.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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Iranian drone attacks on data centers disrupted Amazon Web Services in the region and stuck Amazon with months of repairs while forcing another data center developer to pause Middle East projects.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2026
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Investigators suspect 16-year-old Star Grant and a 28-year-old accomplice killed the girl’s parents and grandmother on May 1 – six days before deputies stumbled onto the crime during a May 7 welfare check, the warrant states.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
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The chain had steady growth in 2024, but seems to have stumbled in California.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The company is not to be confused with the music-publishing company of the same name, founded in 2017, the assets of which were recently acquired by Sony Music.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Cassidy also complained that a new primary system enacted last year confused voters by requiring them to ask for a partisan ballot instead of the all-party primary previously in place.—
Thomas Beaumont,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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She has also been disturbed by the increase in what looks to her like a lack of trust in science, as seen in falling vaccination rates and rising instances of diseases like measles.—
Deepti Hajela,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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When to Plant Watermelon Seeds Most seed catalogs recommend direct sowing watermelon seeds into gardens or pots because watermelons don’t like to have their roots disturbed.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2026
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There’s Greek coffee, creamy yogurt, homemade seedy granola, fresh orange juice, and eggs scrambled with tomato or fried with Greek sausage.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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The shooters continued blasting away as the workers scrambled for cover, sources said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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“Shuffled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffled. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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