freelance
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"He's basically acting too much like a comedian to be a presenter," the freelance culture journalist tells BBC News.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Michael Sincere is a freelance financial writer and the author of several books, including “Understanding Stocks” and “Understanding Options.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
There’s a tendency to think that, because one has had any success at all, be it a musical callback or a greenlit freelance piece or a short story selected for publication, that they know best.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
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
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
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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
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
Yet she’s always freelanced through her business, Pizzagirllex, and doesn’t intend to stop now.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
Walkers, though, freelanced the design into a smaller form, closer to the size of a potato chip, which they introduced with the help of a Sikh Elvis impersonator in the late 1980s.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
I worked for newspapers and freelanced for magazines.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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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
The fact that you’re earning $100,000 freelancing is extremely impressive.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 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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