office seeker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of office seeker
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Don’t tell the line cooks at Clyde’s that a sandwich is simply the stuff of lunchboxes and hurried meals at office desks.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023
Prices rose as wealthy newcomers - freed from their office desks with pandemic, work-from-home protocols - descended on resort towns in a buying frenzy.
From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2023
They will be sitting in rows in the dark, Galatea has told you, rows behind office desks, and they will be wearing the pearls, the dresses, the low buns at the nape of the neck.
From Slate • Oct. 29, 2022
That shift has accelerated since the start of this year as workers began to spend more time at their office desks rather than the kitchen table.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2022
I walk past a pile of old office desks and, by necessity, into the men’s room.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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