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shifting

  • present participle of shift.

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Chief Executive Roy Jakobs said customer demand for the company’s products remains healthy, with large orders in North America shifting into the third quarter, while Europe delivered strong double-digit growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

A workplace, hospital, classroom, or other everyday setting might appear in a dream, but it would often be combined with unrelated places, shifting viewpoints, or unfamiliar surroundings.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

On X, Pentagon spokespman Sean Parnell described the shifting figures as "temporary data disruptions".

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Yet in the face of that constraint — and despite the fact that the company is shifting capacity from personal-computer CPUs to server CPUs — client revenue still substantially increased from the prior-year quarter.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

They stared at her, nervously shifting in their stalls, wondering what she would do next.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown