desk work

Example Sentences

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Harfuch loved "the streets," preferring "to go on operations" over desk work, Cervantes said.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

A major driver of the new AI-inspired alarm has been increased capacity for computers to code software—and the fear that those capabilities could extend to swaths of white-collar desk work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The program rejected the 2019 application in part because the plan-appointed orthopedic doctor who examined Williams ruled he could participate in sedentary and desk work.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

But increasing amounts of desk work, and then Covid-19 lockdown, took the fun out of it.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

In such a scheme, William was an oddity—a man who already did desk work but found it too stressful.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield