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.

Examples of night shift in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The teams have to write out their mixtape lists on a dry-erase board styled like a cassette, with the night shift guessing the day shift’s themes based on their song titles. —Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026

The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store who forms an unlikely bond with a homeless elderly woman who shelters there each night. —Jenny S. Li, Variety, 15 June 2026

Sleep is essentially the night shift for one of your body's most important organs. —Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Maher sometimes worked the night shift, at times with nurse Vivian Torrente. —Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026

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