"shifting" meaning in English

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          "text": "I remember the last time I saw Macbeth played, the discrepancy I felt at the changes of garment which he varied, the shiftings and reshiftings, like a Romish priest at mass.",
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          "text": "Then everyone moved at the same time — slight shiftings of the hands and feet, furtive easings of position.",
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        "(linguistics) The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order."
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      "word": "money shifting"
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      "word": "shifting cultivation"
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    {
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