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freelance

[free-lans, -lans] / ˈfriˌlæns, -ˈlæns /
ADJECTIVE
independent
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And the ECB has previously refused NOCs to former England players who have wanted to pursue freelance T20 careers.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Michael Sincere is a freelance financial writer and the author of several books, including “Understanding Stocks,” “Understanding Options” and “Help Your Child Build Wealth.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Omg did she use fiverr to get a freelance graphic designer lol,” one commenter wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

He started to take on freelance copyediting jobs.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

“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

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

From Washington Times ● Jul. 2, 2017

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

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

The 50-year-old Chicano illustrator with more than a decade of experience as an independent artist had occasionally freelanced for IDW Publishing and Image Comics, but this was his biggest opportunity to date.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

I worked for newspapers and freelanced for magazines.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

Now Mahran finds an escape and purpose freelancing to create mobile apps, websites and advertisements.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

The fact that you’re earning $100,000 freelancing is extremely impressive.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 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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