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freelance

[free-lans, -lans] / ˈfriˌlæns, -ˈlæns /
ADJECTIVE
independent
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Prior to joining the Journal, Dave was a freelance visual journalist in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Marc worked for the City of Pomona and also did freelance social media work, according to his father.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He bounced around jobs after graduation, and worked for a number of years as a freelance illustrator in London and New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Indeed, as the chart posted by freelance journalist Mike Zaccardi shows, its the first time in 214 days that the Wall Street stock benchmark has closed below its 200-day moving average.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

By day, Evans is a kindly and now semiretired minister in the Uniting Church in Australia, who does a bit of freelance work and researches the history of nineteenth-century religious movements.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson