freelance
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During a six-month stint this year, "I have probably saved hundreds of pounds," says the freelance journalist.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Michael Sincere is a freelance financial writer and the author of several books, including “Understanding Stocks” and “Understanding Options.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
There’s a tendency to think that, because one has had any success at all, be it a musical callback or a greenlit freelance piece or a short story selected for publication, that they know best.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Jerry Heasley, a Texas car collector and freelance automotive journalist, convinced Tesla in 2025 to refund the $50,000 deposit he had made in 2017 for a garden-variety Roadster, according to documents viewed by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
He started to take on freelance copyediting jobs.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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Now Ms. Woodland freelances for museums part time, and she’s able to do hands-on work with their collections, something she finds very fulfilling.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
“I’ve been pleasantly surprised,” says Kim, who freelances full time as a copywriter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
Even more dispiriting to the self-described workaholic who freelances in theater was that work was drying up as venues shut down.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2021
In addition to the garden project, Montoya also wrote a children’s book, which Ballachino submitted to the publisher she freelances with.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
I suppose the little glazed office was the sentry-box in the old days, where mendicants got their doles and tall freelances from Germany applied for a situation.
From Aliens by William McFee
Yet she’s always freelanced through her business, Pizzagirllex, and doesn’t intend to stop now.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
She began writing straight out of college, freelanced for years and eventually followed a path taken by many young Filipinos: joining a multinational in the country's booming outsourcing industry.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
She also freelanced from Cambodia, covering the Khmer Rouge war crimes trials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Marcum retained her ambition to be a writer and freelanced for Southern California newspapers when she could.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
I worked for newspapers and freelanced for magazines.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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Now Mahran finds an escape and purpose freelancing to create mobile apps, websites and advertisements.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
His scammers are hustlers and apprentices with lots of free time on their hands, freelancing in an informal economy of deception held together by cellphones and copied scripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
I created a profile on the freelancing website Upwork.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
Another way to make a change is to look around your company for other opportunities outside of your specific role, whether it’s part-time, freelancing or contracting.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026
Lelia is working again, but now only freelancing.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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