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self-employed

[self-em-ploid, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɛmˈplɔɪd, ˌsɛlf- /
ADJECTIVE
freelance
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Being self employed, Dowden said after her diagnosis her diary went from booked and busy to a complete standstill - and she feared she would never dance again.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

Home-based providers are self employed, but receive state funding, as they offer subsidized child care to income eligible families.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2022

On FEC disclosure forms, Lazzaro always lists his occupation as "self employed."

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2021

The July report is likely to be more revealing, as roughly half of states are rolling back the extra federal unemployment this month as well as eliminating aid to gig workers and the self employed.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

William; biographical note on, IV, 217; articles by—on keeping one's self employed, 217; Johnson's treatment of Milton, 219; the publication of his books, 221.Curtis,

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot




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