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How to pronounce duty period in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms shift, work shift
Type of hours
Has types evening shift, go, graveyard shift, night shift, spell, split shift, swing shift, tour, trick, turn, watch, day shift

Examples of duty period

duty period
A grace period of up to three years can be provided during active military duty.
From the post-gazette.com
The heroes of 2002 had their two-year military duty period waived by a grateful government.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
After completing a 10 to 15-hour on-duty period, the driver must be allowed 8 hours off-duty.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Normally, this involves decades of reserve service in addition to the initial active duty period.
From the publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com
In Europe, for instance, current flight time regulations allow for a maximum duty period of 13 hours.
From the usatoday.com
The FAA proposes a nine-hour minimum for rest prior to the duty period, a one-hour increase over the current rules.
From the cnn.com
The current rules already allow a two-pilot crew to undertake such tasks as UK to Sharm-el-Sheikh, and return, in a single duty period.
From the independent.co.uk
For example, it's not unusual for pilots to fly to Europe and then to the Middle East and then back to Europe all in one duty period, he said.
From the sacbee.com
The study used mathematical modeling to predict the effect of shift start time on total off-shift sleep time per 24-hour period and mean on-shift level of fatigue per duty period.
From the sciencedaily.com