to reshuffle

Examples

• All

• And yet the team is able to reshuffle the deck and get the job done.

  Blog text (24)

• And the sudden appearance of a breakthrough technology or the imposition of a new regulatory regime could reshuffle the deck.

  Academic text (2009)

• Now, at the end of the game, suddenly you're looking to reshuffle the deck, huh?

  Cocoon (1985)

• Economic activity would be reshuffled from the public to the private sector and from the financial sector to the enterprise sector.

  Academic text (2018)

• OK, now it's time to reshuffle and organise my drawers.

• Major changes and ongoing trends are reshuffling the hierarchy of great powers.

  Academic text (1999)

• With incentives being restored, resources would be reshuffled from speculative investment toward investment in fixed and human capital.

  Academic text (2018)

• Critics say that privatization has not yielded new money, and the resources are just reshuffled from other bureaucracies.

  Academic text (1990)

• After the formation of South Carolina in 1670, the Yamasees again reshuffled, with some settling along the Savannah River for better access to trade.

  Academic text (2008)

• The manager decided to reshuffle the team to improve efficiency and collaboration.

Synonyms

R

to rearrange

vsto reshuffle

95 2.1

To move things so they are in a new order

is similar but usually targets people or job positions rather than any items

S

to shake up

vsto reshuffle

• Informal

95 4.3

To change how a group or system is arranged to make it work better

is often a calmer rearrangement of people or posts rather than a dramatic shake

R

to regroup

vsto reshuffle

76 4.1

Organize people or things again after a problem

is about changing individual positions or order rather than regrouping teams

R

to reassign

vsto reshuffle

62 4.1

Move a person to a different job or place of work within a company

covers broader rearrangements of people or positions, not only single transfers

R

to restructure

vsto reshuffle

54 4.4

Organize something in a new way so it works better

is narrower, focusing on changing people or positions rather than broad strategic shifts

R

to reorganize

vsto reshuffle

37 3.4

To change the way something is arranged to make it work better

is more about changing who fills roles rather than overall structural improvement

R

to retool

vsto reshuffle

16 5.9

Change a plan or system to make it work better

targets rearranging people or positions rather than updating tools or processes

R

to reorder

vsto reshuffle

6 2.7

To arrange items again in a different order

is about rearranging roles or people rather than only changing sequence

R

to rejigger

vsto reshuffle

• Informal

2 7.8

To change something a little so it works better

involves more formal or significant repositioning of people or roles

R

to rejig

vsto reshuffle

• Informal

1 7.0

To change the machines and how a factory works to make it work better

is about changing people or positions, not physical machinery or operations

P

to permute

vsto reshuffle

• Specialized

1 8.2

To change the order of things like letters or tiles

is the everyday reordering of people or positions rather than a technical permutation

R

to restaff

vsto reshuffle

1 7.0

Move current employees to different jobs or teams without hiring new people

focuses on changing people or positions more generally rather than only staffing moves

R

to reorchestrate

vsto reshuffle

1 7.5

To change how tasks and people work together in a project

focuses more narrowly on moving people or positions than on coordination patterns

R

to reassort

vsto reshuffle

6.7

To sort things again into new groups or order

concerns moving people or job positions rather than sorting item categories

How Thorough

to overhaul

39 4.6

to reorganize

37 3.4

to reshuffle

7 4.8

to rearrange

95 2.1

to adjust

360 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology