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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