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freelance

[free-lans, -lans] / ˈfriˌlæns, -ˈlæns /
ADJECTIVE
independent
Synonyms


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She retired from the Journal in 2016 and is now a freelance contributor to WSJ special reports.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

She has done some freelance and part-time gigs as a marketing and events coordinator, but has yet to find a full-time job despite sending out a steady stream of applications.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Annesha Ghosh is a freelance sports journalist, broadcaster and documentary producer.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Those typically include Social Security, distributions from retirement accounts, a pension and even a part-time job or freelance gig that brings in a little extra cash.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Lori was working as a freelance artist specializing in fantasy, illustrating calendars and game boards and book jackets.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Now Ms. Woodland freelances for museums part time, and she’s able to do hands-on work with their collections, something she finds very fulfilling.

From New York Times Aug. 22, 2022

Even more dispiriting to the self-described workaholic who freelances in theater was that work was drying up as venues shut down.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2021

Wigham freelances for musical theater productions at local schools, where she has noticed a decline in trained musicians.

From Washington Times Jul. 2, 2017

He freelances online articles and graphics for advertising and websites.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2014

A freebooter, named Franquet d'Arras, had, at the head of a band of about three hundred English freelances, held all the country-side in terror round about Lagny.

From Joan of Arc by Gower, Ronald Sutherland

Prior to that, she led writing groups in juvenile halls across the Bay Area and freelanced in Cairo during the Egyptian revolution and Arab Spring.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

She has freelanced for Barron’s and other publications.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

Walkers, though, freelanced the design into a smaller form, closer to the size of a potato chip, which they introduced with the help of a Sikh Elvis impersonator in the late 1980s.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2024

Marcum retained her ambition to be a writer and freelanced for Southern California newspapers when she could.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2023

I worked for newspapers and freelanced for magazines.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

His scammers are hustlers and apprentices with lots of free time on their hands, freelancing in an informal economy of deception held together by cellphones and copied scripts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

I created a profile on the freelancing website Upwork.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

Another way to make a change is to look around your company for other opportunities outside of your specific role, whether it’s part-time, freelancing or contracting.

From MarketWatch Mar. 4, 2026

Upwork tumbled 19% after the online freelancing platform issued weak revenue guidance.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

I was freelancing then, working at home, and just keeping up with the few book cover assignments I’d taken on was a major effort.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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