telecommute
Americanverb (used without object)
Usage
What does telecommute mean? Telecommute means to work from home or another remote location, especially by keeping in contact with coworkers through various forms of digital communication. To commute means to make a regular trip. Most commonly, it refers to traveling to work and back each day. When people telecommute, they don’t go to a workplace but instead usually rely on the internet to communicate and send documents. Example: The company allows some of its employees to telecommute when they have personal appointments during the day.
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Origin of telecommute
Example Sentences
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Housing in the county is “affordable in comparison to Bay Area rates,” Barajas said, and people can live there and either commute or telecommute to Bay Area jobs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023
Many Alaska employers have implemented policies allowing much of their workforce to telecommute from home.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022
The stark differences are the result of governments' varying approaches to pandemic restrictions, cities' structures of downtown business centers, and workers' ability to telecommute, Pishue said.
From Reuters • Dec. 7, 2021
When shops and restaurants shuttered at the start of the pandemic, causing widespread layoffs elsewhere, most residents were able to telecommute.
From Washington Post • May 28, 2021
It helps that, for white-collar workers who can telecommute, the recession is practically over.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2020
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