Meaning & use
Reshuffle
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a rearrangement of people or things, especially a reorganization of positions within a government or organization
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The prime minister announced a cabinet reshuffle after several ministers resigned.
The coach's reshuffle of the lineup paid off with a decisive win.
A note on using this word
Originally a card-playing term for shuffling a deck again; it entered political vocabulary in the mid-20th century to describe reassigning government posts.
Words with a similar meaning
shake-upreorganization
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Another way to use it
2. verb
to mix or rearrange something again
He reshuffled the papers before handing them back to the committee.
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