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It really does depend upon what you mean by 'shift'.

For purely-resistive circuits, the load current is in phase with the supply voltage. For reactive circuits, the load current will lead or lag the supply voltage; for capacitive-resistive circuits, the load current leads, whereas for inductive-resistive circuit, the load current lags.

You can change the angle by which the current leads or lags (the 'phase angle') by changing the amount of resistance or reactance.

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