day job

noun

1. one's regular job and main source of income, usually viewed in contrast to a speculative or irregular endeavor.

   Good luck in the lottery, but don't quit your day job.

Example Sentences

“I don’t trust AI to draft by itself,” says Dong, who also has a day job at a healthcare-technology company.

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Like you’re thinking of “how does he do this?” because you’re thinking of your actual day job.

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Turner works a day job as a manager in a warehouse and has a side business selling a type of rolling paper that he patented.

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When I started caring for my mom, my day job at that point was writing this financial-planning column for the retirement section of MarketWatch.

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In the end, he had fulfilled two roles: the rescue work and his day job too.

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