How to Use shake-up in a Sentence

shake-up

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• The DeSantis campaign had to lay off more than one-third of its staff in a campaign shake-up to realign its efforts in late July.
  — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2023
• Narvaez, seen as too close to the unwanted houseguest, was asked to leave in July 2018 amid a shake-up of the diplomatic mission’s staff.
  — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 June 2024
• Three of its five seats will see new faces next year, a massive leadership shake-up after nearly a decade of static.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
• This programming shake-up isn't unheard of in the late-night world as other talk shows have already shifted to this schedule.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
• The hiring of Suleyman is a key admission that something wasn’t working out with the Windows and AI shake-up from six months ago.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2024
• For many readers, this sudden change in leadership was a shake-up, but the decision wasn’t quite as shocking for those on the media beat.
  — Sara Youngblood Gregory, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• Between the lines: The campaign isn't changing anyone's titles in its communications team to try to avoid the appearance of a shake-up, the two sources said.
  — Sophia Cai, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024

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shake up

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• The Libra eclipse on the 14th is the first in a series that will shake up the trajectory of your professional life over the next year or so.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• How about this: Lancôme just dropped a collection of 11 rose perfumes (yes, as in, just shy of a dozen) to shake up the category—and prove once and for all the incredible diversity of this flower.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
• But recent revelations about Rubio’s driving record — as well as Gonzalez’s, to a much lesser extent — have shaken up the race.
  — Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024