freelance
adjective
of or relating to work conducted by a person who sells their services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer.
was freelancing
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past progressiveof freelance.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When I was freelancing, though, the stress of making ends meet meant I was saying “yes” to a lot of projects and working well over 60 hours a week.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
I started in college when I was freelancing at the Onion, and I’ve been doing that still to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
He was freelancing for The Post, McClatchy newspapers and other news organizations to bring the world the truth about the country’s devastating conflict.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022
Harmange had graduated a year earlier with a degree in communications and was freelancing as a copywriter.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
I was freelancing then, working at home, and just keeping up with the few book cover assignments I’d taken on was a major effort.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
