shunting

verb

present participle of shunt
as in shifting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunting
  1. shifting
  2. switching
  3. deviating
  4. deflecting
  5. diverting
  6. transferring
  7. redirecting
  8. moving
Verb
  • That water releases enormous amounts of heat into the atmosphere, shifting weather patterns around the world.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Few games ultimately ended up shifting, however, after clubs were reminded that the whole point of the effort was to increase labor output.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of shifting
Verb
  • The celebrities sucked up a lot of air, and so the show leaned in, switching to all-celebrity casts.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Anthropic’s launch of Claude Duet may be partly defensive, giving Claude Pro and Max users a way to hand off more of their daily tasks without switching to a rival’s assistant.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of switching
Verb
  • The complication shows the moon phases for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, with a 135-tooth driving wheel that drastically enhances accuracy, deviating by just one day every 122 years.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But maybe a line between North and South Carolina, between Tennessee and Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi then deviating south to divide Louisiana and Arkansas.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of deviating
Verb
  • Concha said Flanagan was deflecting responsibility despite serving as lieutenant governor.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Users can stow it in their pockets, then open it up and watch a movie on its matte, light-deflecting surface.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of deflecting
Verb
  • The producer, Marisa Polvino, accuses her former partners of breach of contract and fraud for allegedly diverting the project’s rights and development assets away from her production company.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That helped overcome opposition from local residents who complained that diverting vehicles from Oxford Street would clog their neighborhoods with traffic.
    — Danica Kirka, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of diverting
Verb
  • The route next year was unveiled on Thursday, with the Tour starting from Scotland capital Edinburgh on a rare Grand Depart on a Friday — July 2 — and then going to England and Wales before transferring to France until July 25.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, al-Ali held several meetings with Saudi officers at the Defense Ministry in Riyadh to discuss the costs of transferring around 10,000 fighters, financial arrangements, additional benefits and their intended military tasks.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of transferring
Verb
  • Gomez advocates redirecting funding away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while Gonzales-Torres calls for abolishing ICE.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The original plan changed because of substantial delays caused by global conflicts and suppliers redirecting their resources towards military products, including drones and missiles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of redirecting
Verb
  • The Sun enters your 6th House, beginning a month focused on routines, responsibilities, health, work, and the systems that keep everything moving.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Position for the companies that are moving from cost cutting into building.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of moving
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