shunt
verb (used with object)
to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
have shunted
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present perfectof shunt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Increases in speed of processing have sometimes come at the expense of the quality of decisions, and improvements in one area have shunted problems elsewhere."
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Most people would have shunted this stuff out of sight, never to be mentioned again.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2019
The biggest soft-drink companies have shunted off the product to a little-known and little-loved class of carbonated drinks: the midcalorie soda.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2014
The riots were triggered by a government edict that would have shunted failing students over 17 into technical curriculums.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Leo did not shirk the arduous task of superintending the transit in person, a task which the most conscientious of bailiffs would willingly have shunted on to the shoulders of others.
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
