Run and Shift

Run

Run noun - A prevailing or general movement or inclination.

Usage example: the company's stock has remained consistent with the overall run of the market

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Shift and run are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead the word "Run" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: running

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

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Run and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Run" instead the word "Shift" as a noun or a verb.

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

full	full run	full shift
clear	clear run	clear shift
long	long run	long shift
brief	brief run	brief shift
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, entire, real, big, quick, main, new, late, final, next, last, recent.

Yamara, also a D&D-based comic, did a similar shift fairly early in its run, with a rather more elaborate Lampshade Hanging in this strip.

Source: Cerebus Syndrome / Web Comics
Don't confuse with Genre Shift, Cerebus Syndrome, Reverse Cerebus Syndrome, and Cerebus Rollercoaster, which are changes during a work's run instead of before its release.

Source: Mid-Development Genre Shift
One episode showed that the graveyard shift (which was being run by Chumlee) spent $600 on a "Salvador Dali" silver globe thing.

Source: Series / Pawn Stars

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Shift and Run. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/shift

Run & Shift. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/shift>.

Shift or Run. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/shift.

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