shifting
IPA: ʃˈɪftɪŋ
noun
- A shift or change; a shifting movement.
- (linguistics) The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.
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Examples of "shifting" in Sentences
- The shifting of the valve is adjustable.
- The main one was a shifting of the text.
- But the balance of power in the country is shifting.
- He straightened up as they entered, his expression shifting from tired to surprised to wary.
- Having shaken hands with Roger, he turned to us, his expression shifting to one of slight puzzlement.
- But our government is deciding to do what they call shifting $230 million to repair the Pakistan fighter jets!
- The economy started to grow, though it had not yet completed all the adjustments in shifting from a wartime to a peacetime economy.
- Except it looked to me like he was watching something, his own collapsing infrastructure perhaps, his expression shifting between blankness and surprise.
- A White House spokesman saying it's still unclear what the Senate will actually consider citing what he calls shifting sands in the Democrats position on Iraq.
- The debate flared again last summer after a torrent of neighborhood complaints, and a decision by bank ING Groep N.V. to end its sponsorship because of what it called "shifting priorities."
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