Method and Shift

Method

Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

Usage example: the city council is stuck in the last century and needs to adopt more modern methods for doing things

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Shift and method are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a noun "Method".

Shift noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

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Method and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Method" instead a noun "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

similar	similar method	similar shift
original	original method	original shift
single	single method	single shift
obvious	obvious method	obvious shift
Other adjectives: simple, actual, entire, real, extreme, slow, quick, subtle, main, interesting, new, final, unusual, strange, bizarre, different.

Instead of moving shows on the chopping block to one particular night, Cartoon Network's preferred method is to actually shift it to late at night or early in the morning, usually without any notice.

Source: Friday Night Death Slot
Kagame tries to shift to a more peaceful method following their trip back in time, but he still blows himself up and takes a building with him.

Source: Series / Continuum
In Deep Core, the test of the prototype subterrene (intended by the military as yet another method of nuclear delivery) results in the massive shift of the tectonic plate.

Source: Fast Tunnelling

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