How to Use freelancer in a Sentence

freelancer

noun
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  • What if all freelancers only worked in women-only co-working spaces?
    — NBC News, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Indy Hall, meanwhile, appeals mostly to freelancers seeking a creative space.
    — Connor Smith, Philly.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Several websites connect freelancers with work, from photography to house help to typing.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Co-founder Audrey Gelman said that about half of the members are freelancers or entrepreneurs; others hold more traditional jobs.
    — Michael Chandler, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
  • These spaces traditionally appealed to start-ups and freelancers looking to collaborate with others.
    — Connor Smith, Philly.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • WeWork leases out shared workspaces in cities across the U.S. to people who don’t have traditional offices to go to every day, like freelancers or entrepreneurs.
    — Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2018
  • To earn money during a rough patch as a freelancer, Sam Riches worked as a bike courier, delivering food in Toronto during a six-month period.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Sometimes sitting next to her on those broadcasts was Katy Tur, who was a weather reporter and freelancer with a semi-legendary if nameless French boyfriend when fate put her in the right time and place.
    — Steve Erickson, Los Angeles Magazine, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The freelancer’s face was burned and his jaw was split open.
    — Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But the other freelancer and I are paid out of the same pot of money.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 21 May 2021
  • As a freelancer, there won't be a shortage of tasks to do.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • To best align, include the freelancer in the scoping process.
    — Matthew Mottola, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • The Covid-19 tax break for gig workers and freelancers.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
  • This week, freelancer Basem Wasef joins the Window Shop crew for the first time.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Fast forward to the 1.5-year mark and our team of freelancers was growing.
    — Ginni Saraswati, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Upwork makes its money by taking a cut of the cash paid to the freelancer.
    — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, 24 July 2018
  • If so, where to start in putting value-for-the-freelancer into the equation?
    — Jon Younger, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • With productions stalled, the prospect of something in the works gave freelancers hope.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 8 May 2024
  • Such was the case for Megan Belden, a 25-year-old freelancer from San Francisco.
    — Natalie Johnson, NBC News, 29 June 2021
  • Alexandria first pitched the story as a freelancer last fall.
    — Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 July 2021
  • As a freelancer, Montague sets aside a specific time block to stay on top of her work.
    — Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • And because of that, a lot of freelancers have expressed their concerns over the flat-rate pricing.
    — Tamara Fuentes, ELLE Decor, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The first is to cut down on all of the driving done by freelancers who collect scooters at night for charging.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The freelancer claimed someone else had posted the videos in an act of sabotage.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • Anyone who has been a freelancer knows the pain of trying to get paid in a reasonable amount of time, let alone on the time at all.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The freelancer said the man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of Patriot Prayer.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2020
  • At the time, Castro was a freelancer, doing wardrobe on photo shoots.
    — Zan Romanoff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But of course most freelancers today are not working through apps.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 29 Aug. 2018
  • Bottoms shared that Upwork is helping both sides of its marketplace, employers and freelancers, through AI.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Those opinion columnists are expected to be freelancers.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024

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