staggered hours
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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They use shaded rest breaks, cloth-cooled water bottles and staggered hours to survive.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
The trucks can all come in at staggered hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
It said that flexible working did not just mean working from home but also included job-sharing, flexitime or staggered hours.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2022
Protections might include things such as a private work space that is physically isolated from co-workers, staggered hours to reduce exposure to other people or a work-from-home arrangement.
From Scientific American • Jul. 14, 2021
His father was a pharmacist and worked all kinds of staggered hours for a chain of drugstores in the area.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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