shifts

Example Sentences

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When employers pay their workers to work longer shifts, the potential next step is hiring more people, he noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

While hormonal shifts can create challenges, they also help men adapt to fatherhood, Saxbe explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Emotional arcs are readily discernible, and there are surprising shifts in tempo and density.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The court heard the men resorted to a "secret rota" of sleeping in shifts and eating animals from the vessel's catch in order to survive.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Until further notice, crews would fly twenty-four-hour shifts, refueled in the air, ready at a moment’s notice to proceed to their targets.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin