Example Sentences

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“I am shifting away from thinking this is a ‘low hire, low fire’ labor market.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

I am shifting away from thinking this is a “low hire, low fire” labor market.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

“I am shifting my focus toward helping other physicians learn from my mistakes, which means I have to actually tell my story,” she wrote in her blog in February.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

This year, I am shifting from being an occasional bike commuter to a routine bike commuter.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2020

You will say I am shifting my ground sadly.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas