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Recent Examples of shunt
As process is shunted aside in favor of one person’s will, the state’s ability to gather accurate information and make effective judgments corrodes; its capacity to design, refine, and implement policy disappears.
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Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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That has left Catholics in Taiwan wondering what will happen to them should the Vatican ever switch recognition.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2025
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The agency will establish a standard and timeline for industry to switch to natural alternatives, revoke authorization for dyes not in production within coming weeks and take action to remove remaining dyes on the market.—
Matthew Perrone,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
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The federal government’s online hub for news and information on COVID-19, the disease that's killed over a million Americans, now redirects to a new White House website that blames China for the pandemic.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Aircraft that have been due for Chinese deliveries can be redirected to customers that are currently waiting in line for theirs.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Revell said the suspect will need a significant amount of time to recover from his injuries after which he'll be transferred to a detention facility.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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According to Nature, the findings offer the first evidence for squirrels transferring the virus to primates.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Not just as a matter of technical FX movement, but as a signal of political ambition, shifting global sentiment, and increasing systemic risk.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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As the operations location changes, such mobile buildings can be relocated or reconfigured to accommodate shifting project needs.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Martinez moves well enough laterally to make defenders miss and bounce outside.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
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In recent decades, the agency has continued boring tunnels where needed to move water.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The main function of the yeast deviated from producing good beer to simply being able to survive for an extraordinarily long period of time without its primary food source: barley sugar.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Even Porziņģis missing time throughout the playoffs didn’t force the Celtics to deviate much from their plan.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Built in the 17th century, the national monument is made of native coquina stones, which absorbed or deflected enemy projectiles, giving the Spanish an advantage.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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The defender was even better in 2023, earning First-team All-American honors after securing three interceptions and deflecting seven passes.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Though a breakup was averted, the Microsoft case established a legal precedent for how the U.S. government could pursue monopolistic tech companies, Weinstein said.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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If Trump brings his tariffs down enough, investors believe a recession could be averted.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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