desk work

Example Sentences

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Harfuch loved "the streets," preferring "to go on operations" over desk work, Cervantes said.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

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

The neck is a common area in which to develop pain from desk work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

The government has said it will begin chartered deportation flights in the coming months, and free up more immigration Gardai from desk work.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

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