freelance
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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
You can do this by taking up some freelance work or volunteering.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Over the past two years, rising prices have increased Jackson’s cost of living, while the market wage for freelance web designers has stayed the same.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
You’d find the freelance thugs pushing off for rebounds, and the A students, quietly showing off silky jump shots and then running back downcourt eyes down, trying not to look too pleased with themselves.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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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
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
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
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
Marcum retained her ambition to be a writer and freelanced for Southern California newspapers when she could.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
I worked for newspapers and freelanced for magazines.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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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
Eventually, she quit the NGO and began freelancing for Reuters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
So the only advantage of working here as opposed to freelancing is that you don’t need a clientele or even a car.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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