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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Ballard and Officer Josh Phillips, who had worked the night shift, tried asking her for more information but realized English was not her first language.
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Caroline Neal, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
From the outset, Hatosy knew that Abbot was an amputee — his prosthetic leg is only revealed in the final minutes of the finale — who would be clocking out from the night shift in the pilot and then voluntarily return for a mass casualty event later in the season.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
This protects the night shift firefighters working on the ground and prevents the fire from getting larger.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2025
The next time Vasquez saw Ming, the deputy came in during a night shift to get a piece of pie.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2025
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Caroline Neal, The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
From the outset, Hatosy knew that Abbot was an amputee — his prosthetic leg is only revealed in the final minutes of the finale — who would be clocking out from the night shift in the pilot and then voluntarily return for a mass casualty event later in the season.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
This protects the night shift firefighters working on the ground and prevents the fire from getting larger.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2025
The next time Vasquez saw Ming, the deputy came in during a night shift to get a piece of pie.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Night shift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20shift. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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