Synonyms for shifting
shift·ing

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1. shift, shiftingadjective

   the act of moving from one place to another

   "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

   Synonyms:
   work shift, transmutation, fault, displacement, slip, duty period, chemise, geological fault, faulting, switch, break, teddy, switching, transformation, shimmy, shift, sack, shift key, fracture

   Antonyms:
   compact, invariable, steady

2. shiftingadjective

   continuously varying

   "taffeta with shifting colors"

   Synonyms:
   unfirm, shifty

   Antonyms:
   invariable, steady, compact

3. shifting, shiftyadjective

   changing position or direction

   "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

   Synonyms:
   devious, unfirm, shifty

   Antonyms:
   invariable, compact, steady

4. shifting, unfirmadjective

   (of soil) unstable

   "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

   Synonyms:
   unfirm, unsteady, shifty

   Antonyms:
   compact, steady, invariable

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1. shiftingadjective

   Synonyms:
   unstable, variable, changeable

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1. List of paraphrases for "shifting":

   changing, moving, transferring, change, evolving, displacement

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1. Elise Stefanik:

   Joe Biden’s failure to enforce the law at the border has made every state a border state, instead of securing the border, President Biden is shifting the burden of the influx of illegal migrants onto New York communities. Upstate New York should not be punished for Biden’s border crisis.

2. Vivek Pandya:

   As inflation hits consumers and really impacts their buying power, they are shifting to the cheaper products offered online — across the board.

3. Brock Silvers:

   Zhang was a young software engineer without significant business experience when he suddenly found himself running a massive company in rapidly shifting markets while operating in an extremely complex regulatory and political environment.

4. Google DeepMind:

   I’m excited to see AI leaders shifting from talk to action, implementing a policy that politicians have thus far failed to put into effect. AI has huge potential to help the world—if we stigmatize and prevent its abuse, aI weapons that autonomously decide to kill people are as disgusting and destabilizing as bioweapons, and should be dealt with in the same way.

5. Mark Hinshaw:

   Overall, the mood is shifting to positive.