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Recent Examples of shunt
Add to that recent confusion over loan statuses, and a lack of communication from the Education Department as the Trump administration moves to eliminate it by laying off staff and shunting its student loan arm to a different agency, and borrowers need to be proactive, experts say.
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Mary Ann Koruth, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Memphis was often shunted out of the mainstream music conversation, so many of these artists focused instead on distributing cassettes in their communities and developing local followings.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
For a long time, it's been shunted aside, and this continues.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
When the organization signed rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019, the performances narrowed further, centering around hip-hop while shunting aside rock, country, pop and other music genres that are also reflective of America’s melting pot.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
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Mary Ann Koruth, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Memphis was often shunted out of the mainstream music conversation, so many of these artists focused instead on distributing cassettes in their communities and developing local followings.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
For a long time, it's been shunted aside, and this continues.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
When the organization signed rapper Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019, the performances narrowed further, centering around hip-hop while shunting aside rock, country, pop and other music genres that are also reflective of America’s melting pot.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunt
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Swedes are switching rapidly because climate change is particularly noticeable in Sweden, with the Swedish Meteorological Institute reporting recently that the average annual temperature in the country is rising twice as quickly as the global average.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Users can switch the vacuum to manual mode and select their preferred level of power between eco, standard, or max.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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President Donald Trump has threatened to take away $3 billion in federal grants from Harvard University and redirect the money to trade schools, escalating a months-long battle with the Ivy League institution.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Voluntary exits create space to reshape teams and redirect talent without triggering the disruption, legal risk and political blowback that often come with forced terminations.—
Rita Numerof,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The Department of Agriculture’s Poultry and Animal Health then stepped in and transferred the chicks to the First State Animal Center and SPCA.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Sherri was released from prison in August 2023 and transferred to a residential reentry facility in Sacramento County, Calif.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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That leadership change followed GOP gains through 2024’s Senate Bill 382, which shifted appointment powers from Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) to Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
28 May 2025
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As her backup dancers shifted position around her, Lopez locked lips with a male dancer, before a female dancer approached Lopez and kissed her as well.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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If the execution moves forward this time, Smith will be the first inmate executed in Tennessee since 2020 and the 19th in the U.S. this year.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Enterprise software stacks tend to move, blend, shift and drift over time as software developers and data scientists skew them one way or another depending on the need for new applications, the use of different toolsets and the adoption of different development methodologies.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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No one deviates, because no one has an incentive to, unless someone changes the underlying payoff structure.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Like Episode 3 of Season 1, Sunday’s installment of the series was the rare episode that deviated from the game’s narrative to tell a deeper story about the characters.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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The federal investigation specifically appears to involve a report Mr. Cuomo’s administration produced later in 2020 that further infuriated victims’ families by deflecting blame for thousands of the deaths.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Salazar responded sharply to Maduro’s comments on social media, accusing him of deflecting responsibility.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The enclave needs at least 500 to 600 trucks daily to avert a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, as civilians face a severe shortage of supplies like food and medicine, said UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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Matthew Barrett, president and CEO of the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, the state’s largest nursing home coalition, praised Lamont and union leadership for averting a work stoppage.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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“Shunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunt. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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