freelance
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She had to abandon her career in corporate finance due to the pain, and now works as a freelance pet-sitter when she can.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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
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
He started to take on freelance copyediting jobs.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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
Mr. Sauer and Mr. Merriman were in England for the express purpose of discrediting Lord Milner, and behind these fierce political freelances was the astute brain of the Bond Master, Hofmeyr.
From Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold
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
She has freelanced for Barron’s and other publications.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
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
It was the logo for the freelancing website Fiverr.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Now Mahran finds an escape and purpose freelancing to create mobile apps, websites and advertisements.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
Lelia is working again, but now only freelancing.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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