side job

Example Sentences

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I remember when I worked regular jobs, which I did for a long time up until I got “The Goldbergs,” I had a side job.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

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

She has a side job decorating for parties and has also been studying for ministry at her church, he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

In a 2018 interview on daytime chat show Live with Kelly and Michael, he recalled his first acting gig in 1991 as a teenager with a side job delivering newspapers.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 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