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

The man said he worked a swing shift the day Watkins disappeared and had never seen her before, police said.

From Fox News • Dec. 12, 2020

She worked the swing shift at Chase Manhattan Bank as a typist, leaving home at three P.M. and returning around two A.M.,

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride