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shift

[shift] / ʃɪft /


NOUN
time served doing work
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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Does the choice to turn such high-profile book titles as “Remarkably Bright Creatures” and “People We Meet on Vacation” into films instead of series suggest a shift back toward the made-for-TV movie?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"Shift by shift, night by night, I slowly built up my confidence working in the bar," he told Die Zeit.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

It worked on Raycer Martin, a 19-year-old student and wine-bar chef from Arizona who plays videogames to relax after his night shift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

His arrival at Adobe came at the dawn of software-as-a service, which at the time was a revolutionary shift toward monetizing software via subscription business models.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It took me only a moment to realize she hadn’t ended her shift because her shift wouldn’t let her.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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