shift
verb (used with object)
to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange.
will have shifted
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future perfectof shift.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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By the time we reach 50, those paths will have shifted; we begin questioning whether there might be something else we could or should be doing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Perhaps by 2023, Google will have shifted everything over to a matte plastic aesthetic again, and the Pixel Tablet will fit right in with that.
From The Verge ● May 11, 2022
But something will have shifted, just a bit.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
If contracts are signed next year, as the downsized plan envisions, the state will have shifted the critical work of finishing the job to the next governor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2020
The present outlet by the Niagara River will be left dry, and the divide between the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi systems will have shifted from Chicago to the vicinity of Buffalo.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
