Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To shuffle again.
- transitive verb To arrange or organize anew.
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- verb to
shuffle something again, especiallyplaying cards - verb to
reorganize orrearrange something, especiallygovernment posts - noun an instance of reshuffling, a reorganization.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb shuffle again
- verb reorganize and assign posts to different people
- noun a redistribution of something
- noun shuffling again
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Examples
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There had been what they call a reshuffle, meaning that all the Cabinet posts were redistributed.
Farthing 2006
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But a reshuffle is as good an opportunity as any to ask how far we are translating our liberal principles into liberal policies.
Archive 2007-05-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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But a reshuffle is as good an opportunity as any to ask how far we are translating our liberal principles into liberal policies.
What would a Lib Dem reshuffle bring? Stephen Tall 2007
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Yet despite regular reports that a cabinet "reshuffle" is about to happen, few observers are holding their breath.
Government critics cite Pakistani cabinet's bulk Karin Brulliard 2010
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Yet despite regular reports that a cabinet "reshuffle" is about to happen, few observers are holding their breath.
Government critics cite Pakistani cabinet's bulk Karin Brulliard 2010
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The Stoke Mandeville team include a specialist psychiatric team equipped with Nokia-resistant body armour, and a consultant Proctologist, who will be trying to discover where the PM's next reshuffle is going to come from.
BREAKING: Top Doctors Called to Westminster Dungeekin 2009
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The Stoke Mandeville team include a specialist psychiatric team equipped with Nokia-resistant body armour, and a consultant Proctologist, who will be trying to discover where the PM's next reshuffle is going to come from.
Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009
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One of the unanswered questions following Blair's recent reshuffle is whether Prescott's successor, Ruth Kelly, will display the same enthusiasm for the regionalisation of England, to whether the project will mark-time or even wither on the vine.
Whither regionalisation? Richard 2006
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The continual delay over the long awaited reshuffle is evidence of a Prime Minister who is unable to wield the power he once had.
Tony Blair Resigns 2006
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To be fair the silliness was started by Conservative, William Graham, in whose seat Peter Law is now sitting following the half-term reshuffle alluded to below.
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