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  • 21shift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. veer, vary, change; equivocate; contrive, get along; transfer; substitute. n. change, substitution, dislocation; expedient, subterfuge, trick. See deviation, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A change]… …

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  • 22shift — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 change ADJECTIVE ▪ distinct, dramatic, fundamental, huge, important, major, marked, massive, profound, pronounced …

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  • 23shift — 1 verb 1 MOVE a) (I, T) to move from one place or position to another, or make something do this: Jonas stood and listened, shifting uncomfortably from one foot to another. | The sun had shifted around to the west. | She shifted her gaze from me… …

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  • 24shift — ▪ I. shift shift 1 [ʆɪft] noun [countable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES one of the set periods of time during each day and night when a group of workers in a factory etc are at work before being replaced by another group of workers: • She works an eight… …

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  • 25shift — SYN: change. SEE ALSO: deviation. antigenic s. mutation, i.e., sudden change in molecular structure of RNA/DNA in microorganisms, especially viruses, which produces new strains; hosts previously exposed to other strains have little or no acquired …

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  • 26One-child policy — Government sign in Tang Shan: For a prosperous, powerful nation and a happy family, please practice family planning. The one child policy (simplified Chinese: 计划生育政策; traditional Chinese: 計劃生育政策; pinyin: jìhuà shēngyù zhèngcè; literally policy of …

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  • 27position — /pəˈzɪʃən / (say puh zishuhn) noun 1. condition with reference to place; location. 2. a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position. 3. proper or appropriate place: out of position. 4. situation or condition, especially with… …

  • 28shift — v 1. change direction, Naut. tack; move from one person to another, pass; move around, swerve around, get by, get around, outmaneuver. 2.Usu. shift for manage by oneself, make it on one s own, stand on one s own two feet, paddle one s own canoe,… …

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  • 29One sex two sex theory — The one sex and two sex theory are two models of human anatomy or fetal development discussed in Thomas Laqueur s book Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud. He theorizes that a fundamental change in attitudes toward human sexual… …

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  • 30One HD — For the Asian pay TV channel known as One on its high definition feed, see SET One. One Launched 26 March 2009 Network Network Ten Owned by Ten Network Holdings Picture f …

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