swing shift

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Will a college graduate decide to work the swing shift, so she can see her husband for a few more hours a day?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2023

It could be that the job has downtime when you can work on personal projects or has a swing shift so you can use your mornings to write.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2023

He chose the swing shift so that his wife could use the couple’s car for her day shift.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022

Folk said that at the downtown jail, yesterday's "swing shift" was the first time in three months that an employee was not mandated to work overtime, and was compromised of only volunteers.

From Fox News • Jan. 19, 2022

I took on a security job, swing shift at a furniture warehouse in Sunnyvale.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini