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night shift

 noun
     
Related topics: Conditions of Employment
night shift [countable]
1BEC a period of time at night when people regularly work, especially in a factory
on the night shift
She's on the night shift this week.
2BEC the group of people who work on the night shift:
The night shift was just arriving.
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