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freelance

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

Ramírez’s personal politics would be supplanted by crude criminality; beginning as a revolutionary, he ended up as a money-grubbing freelance mercenary.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

As a freelance writer based in the South, I immediately realized I needed to become obsessed with the details of this case and start reporting.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Gemma, who is freelance, took a few days off work after Frankie's death, with the support of her "incredibly kind" client.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

His father, Guy Waterman, is a musician and freelance writer who, among other claims to modest fame, authored speeches for presidents, ex-presidents, and other prominent Washington politicians.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

He freelances online articles and graphics for advertising and websites.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2014

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

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 Ronald Sutherland Gower

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

She has freelanced for Barron’s and other publications.

From MarketWatch Oct. 10, 2025

Ms. Taylor retired in 1989 but freelanced for several more years as a political reporter and moderator of the station’s “Meet the Press”-like program, “Newsmakers.”

From New York Times Jan. 22, 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

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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