outside work

British

noun

work done off the premises of a business

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Example Sentences

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I’ve always been a fan of street art and outside work, and even graffiti is a pathway to that.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

So the band’s musical footprint, when taking into account its own releases and all the outside work, turned out to be vast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Two weeks later, the two men met up outside work again.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

A closer look at the survey shows results beyond the workplace, suggesting that solutions to Gen Z’s mental health crisis likely exist both in and outside work environments.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025

She lived at a boarding house approved for outside work trainees by the Warren State Home, and was permitted out in the evenings to come to the Center.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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