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  1. shocksverb

    Third person singular simple present of to shock.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shocks in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shocks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of shocks in a Sentence

  1. John Stopford:

    The consensus view is that these kinds of shocks tend to have a short-term impact but then most of that is recovered.

  2. Francisco Blanch:

    The SPR is there for emergencies and negative supply shocks, you don't release SPR oil because demand is going up since you printed a lot of money and gave it to people.

  3. Luis Li:

    They took pictures of broken bodies... close-ups of limbs, of burnt flesh, it shocks the conscience.

  4. Wednesday Weale:

    The exchange rate rose by 2.5 percent in February and I am starting to wonder whether a rising exchange rate might be the next of these shocks.

  5. Janet Yellen:

    In the 1970s, a series of supply shocks became a longer run problem... that partly occurred because policy makers weren't trusted by the public to deal effectively with inflation.

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