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"shifted" has 2 syllables: shift-ed. It rhymes with drifted and gifted, if that helps it stick.
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“We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.”
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"Shifted" has 2 syllables: shift · ed.
Shifted: (sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
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