How to Use freelancer in a Sentence

freelancer

noun
  • The same goes for you as a freelancer.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • There's lots of great ways for a freelancer to make some money.
    — Gene Marks, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The author is a freelancer, a teacher and a mom of three.
    — Jillian Pretzel, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • But of course most freelancers today are not working through apps.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 29 Aug. 2018
  • Alexandria first pitched the story as a freelancer last fall.
    — Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 July 2021
  • This is for all the freelancers whom Ebony has yet to pay for work rendered.
    — Genetta M. Adams, The Root, 2 June 2017
  • To best align, include the freelancer in the scoping process.
    — Matthew Mottola, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • Site doesn't have its own drones, but uses freelancers across the country.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Because once the founder-freelancer steps away, there’s nothing left to buy.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Going out on your own as a freelancer is an exciting move.
    — Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Upwork makes its money by taking a cut of the cash paid to the freelancer.
    — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, 24 July 2018
  • But the other freelancer and I are paid out of the same pot of money.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 21 May 2021
  • That could allow the freelancer to limit the scope of the job or ask for more money.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Karie Angell Luc is a freelancer.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Clarke is a freelancer staying afloat in the gig economy.
    — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • 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
  • Like all freelancers, the next gig comes through contacts, word of mouth and old-fashioned cold calling.
    — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 31 Aug. 2017
  • In some cases, AI is being used in place of freelancers.
    — Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The freelancer claimed someone else had posted the videos in an act of sabotage.
    — New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • Just six years ago, remote work was a niche perk for digital nomads and freelancers.
    — Alexey Kachalov, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • For one thing, freelancers and fractionals will do more of the work companies used to do.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • As a freelancer, Montague sets aside a specific time block to stay on top of her work.
    — Jacqueline Yoo, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • At the time, Castro was a freelancer, doing wardrobe on photo shoots.
    — Zan Romanoff, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • And because of that, a lot of freelancers have expressed their concerns over the flat-rate pricing.
    — Tamara Fuentes, ELLE Decor, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Lean on consultants or freelancers, but choose wisely.
    — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Schick, who was hired as a part-time Globe reporter and web producer, and freelancer.
    — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 10 Jan. 2018
  • And most of the writing is being done by freelancers without much hope of making a living at it.
    — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 8 June 2018
  • And every entrepreneur or freelancer faces it at some point.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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