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freelance

[free-lans, -lans] / ˈfriˌlæns, -ˈlæns /
ADJECTIVE
independent
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Wounded in the same attack was freelance reporter Zeinab Faraj.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Journalists Khalil, 43, who worked for Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, and Faraj, a freelance photographer, were travelling together.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

That goes not only for social-media influencers, but also for anyone doing freelance work or even a regular job as part of a company.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Instead of swapping work for play, I became a freelance writer, a part-time journalism professor and a research fellow at a university.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

I had left Howard without a degree and was living on the impoverished wages of a freelance writer.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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