night shift

noun

1
: a period of time during the night (such as from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.) in which a person is scheduled to work
He works the night shift and sleeps during the day.
2
: a group of people who work during the night shift
The night shift is starting to arrive.

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The panel proposed other incentives including possibly providing childcare for night shift employees. Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025 In October 2024, the monitors found night shift guards performed only 7% of the security checks indicated on their logs. Chris Kenning, USA Today, 17 June 2025 Episode 13: As the night shift begins, Robby refuses to give up on a mass casualty victim. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025 Only four people living in the section of the building that fell and the security guard working the night shift in the lobby were able to escape during the seven-minute gap between the time the pool deck caved in and the middle and oceanfront sections of the tower came down. Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for night shift

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“Night shift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20shift. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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