freelancer
Americannoun
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freelancers
plural
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Etymology
Origin of freelancer
First recorded in 1920–25; freelance ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
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In her memoir, she tells a story against herself from the days when she was a freelancer in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
Willey then worked as a freelancer in Algeria, before becoming the BBC's east Africa correspondent in 1964.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
"So when you download software, when an SME uses the cloud, when a freelancer sells a design service abroad, there are no taxes at the border," she said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
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
Today, the paper operates with about 50 full-time employees and freelancers, a major decline from years past when the staff was in the hundreds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Several tech news publications removed articles by crypto-friendly freelancers following questions about whether the authors actually exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
There were a few others, freelancers who’d step in when we needed them.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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