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
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But Jack Hendry's red card necessitated a reshuffle and Welsh was restored to the team in a more familiar position on the right and performed admirably again.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
He faces mounting challenges at home: a sputtering economy, a sweeping purge of the military’s top ranks, and a leadership reshuffle expected at next year’s party congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
No reshuffle or reform can substitute for the legitimacy and accountability that an election provides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
When cabinet ministers were appointed in May's first reshuffle, it was heralded in press statements beneath the UK government coat of arms.
From BBC ● Aug. 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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