shifted

verb

past tense of shift
1
as in relocated
to change the place or position of he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over

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2
as in moved
to change one's position she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview

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3
as in changed
to pass from one form, state, or level to another she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue

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4
as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return my brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window

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5
as in coped
to meet one's day-to-day needs left the others to shift for themselves

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Recent Examples of shifted Election forecaster Cook Political Report shifted Ohio’s gubernatorial race toward Democratic candidate Amy Acton on Friday after a week of backlash over an ad Republican Vivek Ramaswamy ran featuring her estranged mother. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026 The risk shifted to Utah's southeast, where streams ran fast and high. — Mead Gruver, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 The politics have shifted from the early AI boom, when Washington and Silicon Valley sold the technology as an avenue for investment, growth and American dominance. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 While the initiative raised hopes of similar humanitarian missions in the future, there were few indications that any of the key positions have shifted. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 These big-impact midterms have also shifted power in the statehouses, often signaling changes in state and national political landscapes that have mattered and lasted. — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 Since then, she's garnered fourteen Grammys, shifted her musical genre, gone on record-breaking tours, and fought a long battle for control of her own recordings. — Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026 Tonight, Venus, your ruler, meets the Sun and could illuminate how your values have shifted during its retrograde. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026 The discussion quickly shifted to include education, infrastructure and the involvement of other vehicles in e-bike crashes. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shifted
  1. relocated
  2. moved
  3. changed
  4. exchanged
  5. coped
  6. removed
  7. twitched
  8. varied
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  • The company relocated its office to a new location in San Leandro back in March 2020, with the express goal of retaining 100% of its workers in the process.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Somewhere down the line, Sheridan relocated and retitled the show.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of relocated
Verb
  • Deloitte found only 25% of organizations have moved 40% or more of their AI pilots into production.
    — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday.
    — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • That changed when Detective Tim Cooper, who watched that episode as a child, had a chance encounter in 2018 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The scale, frequency, quantification, and accessibility of social comparison have all changed.
    — Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of changed
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  • Gift returns can be exchanged or refunded for the value indicated on the gift receipt, and refunds will be made in the form of a merchandise credit.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2026
  • India ranked as Montreal’s second-largest market in 2025, with 1 million metric tons of goods exchanged between the parties.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchanged
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  • The countries that coped best were not always those with the most energy resources.
    — Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Kaia recently opened up about how her family coped with her brother’s addiction struggles in a Vogue interview.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of coped
Verb
  • And immigration courts, which ultimately decide whether someone can be removed from the country, face more significant case backlogs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Acton has said that her stepfather repeatedly raped her as a pre-teenage girl and that her family lived in a tent at the time she was removed from their care.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
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  • Just then, Chee Meng’s fishing rod twitched, and the line began to run out.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of twitched
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  • The researchers varied how many dots moved together, ranging from 81 percent of the dots coherently moving together, which is trivially easy to determine, down to 3 percent, which is barely distinguishable from noise.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its Visit Rwanda campaign has partnered with prominent European soccer clubs, including Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid and Bayern Munich, though the arrangements have varied.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of varied

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“Shifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shifted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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