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Recent Examples of shunt
Music zines often had the same format, columns from semi-famous punks, interviews with up-and-coming bands, record reviews, and, always shunted to the back, zine reviews.
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Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
That such a blunder might be shrugged off and even celebrated, rather than shamefully shunted away, struck Schuch as a very American notion.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
The clams shunt sulfur- and oxygen-rich water to bacteria that live inside the clams’ gills.
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David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
An injury crisis led to him featuring regularly from that point onwards, and he was shunted across the defence depending on which other players were available.
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Jay Harris,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
That such a blunder might be shrugged off and even celebrated, rather than shamefully shunted away, struck Schuch as a very American notion.
—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
The clams shunt sulfur- and oxygen-rich water to bacteria that live inside the clams’ gills.
—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
An injury crisis led to him featuring regularly from that point onwards, and he was shunted across the defence depending on which other players were available.
—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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The vehicle uses six tilting propellers to achieve vertical takeoff before switching to forward flight.
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The ampd YouTube dashboard lets clients drill down from a national overview to a single channel, splitting any metric by age, gender, income and region, and switching the view between reach, hours watched and individual titles.
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Taylor loves her Easter eggs, and there are rumors flying that Madison Square Garden is simply a bold ploy to redirect fans’ (and the media’s) attention away from where her true nuptials will be.
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Guests who are, as a result, prevented from booking an entire home, are instead redirected to book private room listings and hotels on the Airbnb platform.
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If someone is affected by heat, immediately transfer them to a cool and shaded area.
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.
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Here is another example in the opening 45 minutes, where Brazil’s midfield is shifted over to the near side to condense the space around Morocco.
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The Facebook page shifted to a private setting to create a more intimate space.
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To keep up with the fast-moving aerial acts, the app features an adjustable countdown timer set to the official schedule.
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If anyone shows signs of heat illness, promptly move them to a cool, shaded area.
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Honda's vehicles feature a distinct design language and identity that evolves without deviating from the brand's ethos.
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And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
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The sequence started with Bosnian defender Stjepan Radeljic sliding in front of a Tillman pass, deflecting it forward toward Muharemovic.
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Colombia wasted no time imposing itself on the Portugal defense, taking two shots in the opening minutes, the first a header by Cordoba after a Diaz shot was deflected, and another by Rodriguez that went wide.
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The author's experience shows caution, though slower, averts problems, contrasting with industry's rapid deployments that often encounter issues.
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The deal averts a ballot referendum that backers from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association said would’ve reigned in expansive local real estate taxes.
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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