1.   This semantic shift should not necessarily be interpreted as indicating a Decline in nationalism or racism.

2.   And just as there are forces of inflation and devaluation affecting currencies, so there are semantic shifts in the numbers that come to be associated with money.

3.   A small semantic shift in an internal memorandum at a Boy Scout chapter has reignited the awkward and often volatile issue of homosexuality in the Scouts.

4.   The phrase underwent a semantic shift.