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 Synchronization primitives and data structures with async support:
 
 - [`Channel`](channel::Channel) - A Multiple Producer Multiple Consumer (MPMC) channel. Each message is only received by a single consumer.
-- [`PriorityChannel`](channel::priority::PriorityChannel) - A Multiple Producer Multiple Consumer (MPMC) channel. Each message is only received by a single consumer. Higher priority items are sifted to the front of the channel.
+- [`PriorityChannel`](channel::priority::PriorityChannel) - A Multiple Producer Multiple Consumer (MPMC) channel. Each message is only received by a single consumer. Higher priority items are shifted to the front of the channel.
 - [`PubSubChannel`](pubsub::PubSubChannel) - A broadcast channel (publish-subscribe) channel. Each message is received by all consumers.
 - [`Signal`](signal::Signal) - Signalling latest value to a single consumer.
 - [`Mutex`](mutex::Mutex) - Mutex for synchronizing state between asynchronous tasks.