How to Use shake-up in a Sentence

shake-up

1 of 2 noun
  • But there was no need for a shake-up in the first place.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 July 2024
  • The iPhone’s app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But if upheld, the verdict will force a shake-up at the top of the company.
    Michael R. Sisak, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
  • She was named vice chair in 2020 in a larger shake-up of NBCU’s studios team.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Yet harbingers of this shake-up and the scale of its impact have been in plain sight for months.
    Nic Robertson, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Thursday’s vote came against the backdrop of recent shake-ups on the board that approved the rules.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • Drop a comment with your thoughts on this shake-up below.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 July 2024
  • The town council is set to have a shake-up with two new members and a new mayor next year.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Your future might need a little shake-up to reach the next level.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Getty Images There’s been a shake-up in the passport world.
    Alex Millson, Fortune Europe, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The Lakers had lost four straight games prior to that game, and Coach Darvin Ham felt a shake-up was needed.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There was plenty of shake-up in the AP top five, with each of last week’s top five teams dropping at least one game in the last week.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But the financial shake-up, the report adds, threatens the economies of cities more broadly.
    Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 14 July 2023
  • Even a tiny shake-up in a small corner of the CCM industry can feel like an earthquake.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
  • How would one fewer day in their safe haven or a shake-up to their routine affect them?
    Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
  • His most recent shake-up, in 2019: picking up a paintbrush again.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Combining the two leagues’ records into one has resulted in some shake-ups in the record books.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 31 May 2024
  • Both of these factors will play a role in 2024, as will a shake-up in the North Carolina governor’s race.
    Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Through shake-ups and halts in production, the series was filmed in and around Los Angeles.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Someone who’s part of the old regime is the wrong choice for delivering the jarring shake-up required.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • China’s tech royalty is going through a bit of a shake-up.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The mega-rare merging of Jupiter and Uranus inspires a professional shake-up.
    USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The loss of Lattimore is the latest shake-up to hit the Saints’ organization this week.
    Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The hitting staff already got a shake-up last year, when Aaron Bates was promoted to replace Brant Brown.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Feldman says the timing is starting to look right for an industry shake-up.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The prime minister’s shake-up did not sit well with some families of Israeli hostages.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Fox News picked Jesse Watters to serve as permanent host of its 8 p.m. show as part of a broader shake-up of the network’s prime-time lineup.
    Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • Notably, this kind of shake-up is rare within the Democratic caucus.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The government has been considering such a shake-up for months.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
  • For the Orioles in recent years, a shake-up typically occurs at some point during the six-week ramp-up.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2023
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shake up

2 of 2 verb
  • So just how chaotic will the winners be this year, and could the group's picks shake up the Oscar race?
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 9 Jan. 2023
  • In the ninth game of the second set, Djokovic took a hard fall behind the baseline and was shaken up.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The outcome of those games could certainly shake up the top-four teams in the district.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Learn More › The world of bass fishing has been flipped over, tossed about, shaken up and turned on its head over the last decade.
    Shaye Baker, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
  • As fall rolls in, so does the undeniable urge to shake up your wardrobe.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And that is when the ax fell fast in ways that shook up the creative community.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But none of this has kept the other candidates from trying to shake up the race.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, something else (like the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision) could still shake up the midterms.
    NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • At the same time, Iowa is one of the rare campaign events that can shake up the remainder of the primary.
    G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Virgo rising ‘Tis the season to shake up the basis of your self-worth.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Here are eight artists who shook up their scenes and resonated with fans.
    Maya Salam, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • These staples of awards seasons are ripe for a bit of shaking up.
    Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Now that Lee has shaken up the top 10, what other Christmas song could sneak in to No. 1 next?
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Housing experts expect the deal to shake up the housing market and even drive down home prices across the board.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Dunkin’ is also trying to shake up some of its fan-favorites.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The debate reflected a desire to shake up the race by moving the focus to Trump.
    E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • The Friars' Bryce Hopkins got shook up with 1:52 left in the half, when Toppin blocked his dunk attempt.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Here's how to make the most of what’s been shaking up the Umbrian panorama lately.
    Elisa Carassai, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The justices are no strangers to shaking up the landscape of American sports.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Storms and storm response could shake up some of the state's key political races.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • But Lydia and Paul needed to have their lives shaken up, and that’s what trying to sell this house has done to them and for them.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Though in the last few days of the race messaging from outside groups has shook up that perception.
    Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The company has been shaking up that part of the business amid broader turnover.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Simply put, there was no rulebook on when, or how, to comment on things that were shaking up the nation, and the world.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The Princess of Wales has long been wedded to her court shoes, but this summer, she’s been shaking up her footwear choices.
    Vogue, 14 July 2023
  • Nelson Peltz is renewing his fight to shake up Disney‘s board.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The status of Trail Blazers’ star Damian Lillard could shake up the market.
    oregonlive, 30 June 2023
  • The first week of June was jam-packed for streaming, with an influx of new titles that shook up Nielsen‘s viewership charts.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 July 2024
  • The homeowner, although shaken up, was safe, as were his pets.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In 2012, the world would be shaken up by the death of Trayvon Martin, with a handful of Black deaths at the hands of police violence to follow.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Sep. 2023

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