desk work

Example Sentences

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A major driver of the new AI-inspired alarm has been increased capacity for computers to code software—and the fear that those capabilities could extend to swaths of white-collar desk work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

From there he moved into support desk work, and found his way into cyber security, with organizations such as BAE Systems and Universal Studios.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

The program rejected the 2019 application in part because the plan-appointed orthopedic doctor who examined Williams ruled he could participate in sedentary and desk work.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Officials had begun conducting thousands of checks on employees who perpetually present doctors’ notes certifying that they can only do desk work.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2022

In milder cases, he sometimes counseled that a soldier be discharged from his normal duties and given desk work instead.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield