1
as in stomping
to move heavily or clumsily
the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers
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2
as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
shuffle the cards and deal five to each player
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as in lumbering
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as in ambling
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Recent Examples of shuffling
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The closures have resulted in staff shuffling throughout the library system and rescheduled activities such as author talks and photography exhibits.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
But this year’s Series 11 likely won’t be a dramatic update, with Apple retaining the same look, including a new screen that ups the maximum brightness and shuffling its color (the Jet Black Series 10, for instance, has had chipping issues) and band offerings.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The film essentially takes place entirely within an under-20-minute timeline, showing the same events from a shuffling deck of points of view.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
On the other hand, YouTube Music's free version has unlimited skips, on-demand playback, and shuffling.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
Tendons, ligaments and muscles naturally shorten with time, which results in stiff joints and people being hunched over and shuffling around.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
His terse sendoff denies Dexter the satisfaction of closure and forgiveness, shattering his former colleague’s world before shuffling off it.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
In it, a monster with bolts in his head and a shuffling gate was created by a man.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
The closures have resulted in staff shuffling throughout the library system and rescheduled activities such as author talks and photography exhibits.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
But this year’s Series 11 likely won’t be a dramatic update, with Apple retaining the same look, including a new screen that ups the maximum brightness and shuffling its color (the Jet Black Series 10, for instance, has had chipping issues) and band offerings.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The film essentially takes place entirely within an under-20-minute timeline, showing the same events from a shuffling deck of points of view.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
On the other hand, YouTube Music's free version has unlimited skips, on-demand playback, and shuffling.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
Tendons, ligaments and muscles naturally shorten with time, which results in stiff joints and people being hunched over and shuffling around.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
His terse sendoff denies Dexter the satisfaction of closure and forgiveness, shattering his former colleague’s world before shuffling off it.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffling
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Cena’s chrome-domed antihero, Freddie Stroma’s Vigilante and and Danielle Brooks’ Adebayo stomping through spots of light.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
21 Aug. 2025
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No velvet rope, no fourth wall—just boot-stomping, beer-sign neon and crowd-absorption tech.—
Bob Bonniol,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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However, the president’s criticism of mail-in ballots could risk disrupting the inroads Republicans made with voters last cycle, with the party spending millions promoting mail-in ballots ahead of the 2024 election.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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The limitations placed on these researchers is disrupting NASA’s work and could stymie the careers of younger Chinese researchers who came to the US to advance their scientific work, as well as benefit the space agency through their findings, the sources said.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The episode ends with a surreal, graphic deepfake scene of a totally nude Donald Trump stumbling around a desert.—
Nick Marx,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Inside the agency, Dudek, ill-prepared for leadership or for DOGE’s murky agenda, was stumbling through the chaos in part by creating some of his own.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Since its creation in 2007, only about 2% of applicants had successfully received forgiveness before the pandemic, largely due to confusing eligibility rules and administrative mismanagement.—
Leadership Brainery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Beneficiaries would have to verify their own identities by using an often-confusing web portal or by traveling to a field office to do it in person.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The fresh survey of consumer sentiment came at a wobbly moment for the nation's economy.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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But from the brand’s evolution from wobbly rookie to making and taking its place in the field, Pete always covered Iman with serious interest, insight and importance.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This team was scrambling to put together a cogent, passable 53-man roster only a few weeks ago.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Countless brands scrambling to join the conversation.—
Ethan Karp,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At the same time, no one in metal was funnier, more in touch with his own bathos, more post–Spinal Tap, in a sense, than Ozzy, especially in his shambling-paterfamilias incarnation on MTV’s reality show The Osbournes.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Shuffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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