side job

Example Sentences

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You're down in the pub with your mates or whatever, you're pleased you've done a quick side job.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

He has picked up some roofing work at construction sites, and his neighbor proposed a new side job: digging graves.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

Now, To enjoys teaching so much that he sees it not as a side job, but as a parallel career.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Even with his annual salary, a side job evaluating graduate nursing students and Social Security income of $2,500 a month, making the payments — estimated at $1,000 a month — feels impossible.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

He refused to take any side job, even at an art school or museum, that might distract him from his work or require that he subordinate himself to another person.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023