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is shifting

  • present progressive of shift (3rd person singular).

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“What they are doing is shifting the premium cost more to the older retirees,” Marcia Mantell, an independent retirement consultant and author of “Creating Your Medicare Recipe,” told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

“Management’s attention is shifting towards offence,” Kenny says, pointing to the sanctioning of its $1.2 billion Sustainable Aviation Fuel project, growing field gas throughput at Brazeau River Complex, and restarting Ram River in 2H.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

In Los Angeles, the school district is shifting to electric buses, a spokesperson said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson told the BBC it is shifting the focus of healthcare from sickness to prevention.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Thus, the top of the Richardson curve is shifting downward by an unknown amount.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan