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freelance

[free-lans, -lans] / ˈfriˌlæns, -ˈlæns /
ADJECTIVE
independent
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For Gurr, content creation is a professional skill that organisations increasingly need, whether someone runs their own business, works in-house, joins an agency or works freelance across multiple clients.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The New York Times op-ed contract provides: “As a freelance contributor to The Times, you may not submit any material for publication that contains content generated, modified or enhanced by gen-A.I. tools.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

A small team of likely freelance developers in Russia used Claude to build software intended to power autonomous "kamikaze" drones.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Steinem first drew public notice when she was in her 20s and struggling to establish herself as a freelance writer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

I freelance a little, then get a part-time job refinishing furniture for an antique dealer.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

“The Accountant 2” subtracts everything that worked about the 2016 original, a marvelous romp that starred Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, a neurodivergent numbers geek who freelances as an auditor and assassin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

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

In addition to the garden project, Montoya also wrote a children’s book, which Ballachino submitted to the publisher she freelances with.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2019

Meanwhile, in alternating chapters, Lovesey relates the travails of Mel Farran, a talented viola player who freelances for orchestras and other groups.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2013

I suppose the little glazed office was the sentry-box in the old days, where mendicants got their doles and tall freelances from Germany applied for a situation.

From Aliens by William McFee

Yet she’s always freelanced through her business, Pizzagirllex, and doesn’t intend to stop now.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

She began writing straight out of college, freelanced for years and eventually followed a path taken by many young Filipinos: joining a multinational in the country's booming outsourcing industry.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

She also freelanced from Cambodia, covering the Khmer Rouge war crimes trials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

For all his talent, Williams freelanced too often last season in an effort to make big plays behind a leaky offensive line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

I worked for newspapers and freelanced for magazines.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

After a career spanning decades, with senior corporate roles in fashion, and a period of freelancing, 52-year-old Stacey Duguid decided to find "one last job".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

She worked as a speech therapist for children, mostly freelancing in the public schools and then part-time at a speech and hearing clinic downtown.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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