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freelancer

[free-lan-ser] / ˈfriˌlæn sər /




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A freelancer by day, I’d appreciated teaching’s miraculous equation: I did my job, they paid me the first of every month.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

The 25-year-old Long Island native has only worked in sports media for five years, most of them as an intern or freelancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Yang, the freelancer, was stoic about the loss of the Galeries.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

In the video, Lowri, an events freelancer, explained how she had become desperate as her income stopped and her freelance work vanished.

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

I forget the year it was launched and if I was still a freelancer at the Free Press Journal or on its staff.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

Thank you to the many photographers, some of them freelancers who worked for no pay, just wanting to be part of the high school sports experience.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

The New York City bill is one of several efforts by cities and states to rein in a broader trend toward outsourcing work to contractors, freelancers and gig workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Under these new guidelines, any contributor, including freelancers, living outside the three specified cities would require NOC permissions to cover a story.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

In recent years, Letterboxd has made a foray into journalism, hiring an editorial team of staff and freelancers, who publish solid film writing on Letterboxd Journal.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Many freelancers rotate in these weekly assignments, and we probably won’t see them again this summer.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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