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.
were 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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Perhaps, like the writer of this good piece about the Messenger’s last day, they were freelancing and figured that trying a full-time gig could bring some upside.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2024
So the period that we’re talking about when you were freelancing around and producing your early photographs, you had had quite a bit of early success.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020
“We got away from our structure and then we were freelancing and then it just made it harder than it needs to be,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2014
