reshuffle
Britishnoun
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an act of shuffling again
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a reorganization, esp of jobs within a government or cabinet
verb
Example Sentences
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Bar an early vote or a reshuffle, if elections are held in September 2027, Meloni will be the first Italian prime minister to have governed for a whole term with just one government since 1946.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Joining an index like the Russell 1000 tends to boost a stock, because passive index funds have to load up on shares when a reshuffle happens.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Jones also sought Lord Mandelson's advice on promotion during last year's Cabinet reshuffle, sparked by Rayner's resignation as deputy prime minister and housing secretary over a tax row about unpaid stamp duty.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Wednesday announced plans to reshuffle his cabinet to make it more inclusive following weeks of anti-government protests.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The real blow came twelve years later, when, as a consequence of a radical taxonomic reshuffle, lepidopterists decided that Pappachi’s moth was in fact a separate species and genus hitherto unknown to science.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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