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Discover Ludwig"were shifted" is a correct and usable English phrase.
You could use it when referring to a change in a particular situation. For example, "The production process was restructured after the workers were shifted to the other factory."
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were shifted
noun
A type of women's undergarment, a slip
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Operations were shifted elsewhere.
Expenses were shifted to related companies.
Agencies were acquired and accounts were shifted.
Note that the curves were shifted vertically for clear identification.
Products with some $75 million in billings were shifted.
In all $420 million in profits were shifted.
Meanwhile the Chandlers were shifted around Somalia's arid central region.
In response to spatial changing resources cultural foci were shifted.
After the defense demanded a change of venue, the trials were shifted to Long Island.
All of its tanks and heavy weapons were shifted to the east toward Iran.
Accounts were shifted between shops more often than George W. Bush mispronounced "subliminal".
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