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

Behind the ivy-covered limestone of the grandstand, a giant sycamore as old as the track itself presides over the storied paddock; by month’s end, the tree’s leaves will have shifted from green to gold.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2021

But something will have shifted, just a bit.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2021

“Yes; the sooner he is safely disposed of the better; at any rate we will have shifted the responsibility to the authorities.”

From A Cousin's Conspiracy A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance by Alger, Horatio