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freelance

[free-lans, -lans] / ˈfriˌlæns, -ˈlæns /
ADJECTIVE
independent
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Internships, part-time jobs, research positions, freelance gigs or volunteer work can all demonstrate you have the skills employers are looking for.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

In its Thursday disclosure, the Chaoyang government said Liu, a Beijing resident, was a freelance worker who lived alone following a divorce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Chad Fisher has been doing freelance television production for about 20 years.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

Her freelance work, covering all things Northern Nevada, can be found in local digital news outlets, including This Is Reno and Our Town Reno.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

If a stable had no horses in a race, its contract jockeys were allowed to freelance for other barns.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Cross, who occasionally freelances for The Seattle Times, first brought the idea of digitizing the magazine to John Vallier, curator of the UW Ethnomusicology Archives, in 2015.

From Seattle Times Dec. 29, 2023

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

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 Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil)

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

The two-time Pro Bowl tight end freelanced to find open space once Dobbs left the pocket, made a leaping catch and plowed forward rugby-style through the defense for a 24-yard gain.

From Washington Times Nov. 16, 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

That was what brought me to marketing myself as an “academic editor,” and an “admissions essay advisor,” on various freelancing websites last fall.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

When I was freelancing, though, the stress of making ends meet meant I was saying “yes” to a lot of projects and working well over 60 hours a week.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

Eventually, she quit the NGO and began freelancing for Reuters.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 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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