How to pronounce shift
Listen to shift in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“shift” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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temporary threshold shift or a permanent threshold shift.
NIH · watch from 51:08 · hear it here
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Stanley was working third shift, so the midnight shift.
Dept of Labor · watch from 0:54 · hear it here
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So, having that mindset shift is the the first shift.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 20:45 · hear it here
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So she’ll round on night shift and day shift.
CDC · watch from 55:41 · hear it here
Why real speech
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