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shunts

  • plural
    of shunt.
    shunt
    verb (used with object)
    to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
  • present tense form
    of shunt (3rd person singular).
    shunt
    verb (used with object)
    to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.

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These days, art emphasizing subject matter often shunts form to the side, as if the visual analysis that form demands is irrelevant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

Rather than ushering the victim to the next life, this shunts him further into obscurity and ignominy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

"Most of them are shunts", she said, adding: "But there have been several nasty accidents also."

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

This shunts air molecules to the Jacobson’s organ.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 2, 2024

As soon as we’re at the top, she shunts us to the side and swings around to face me.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon