day job

noun

: one's regular employment as contrasted with an occasional, secondary, or coveted job

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All of her work centers around helping people take actionable steps to live with less stress and more joy. Want to make extra money outside of your day job? —

Marina Khidekel, Contributor, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2024 Sacks’ White House role, for example, is expected to be part-time only, and Musk’s task of co-leading an efficiency commission also won’t be his day job. —

David Ingram, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024 The investor Marc Andreessen is advising Trump, but is keeping his day job. —

Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024 Over the years, Toph had the usual L.A. day jobs and rent-paying gigs — assisting, cater-delivery, Frisbee coach, rideshare driver, bowling alley employee, focus group participant — and once struggled as a PA assigned to gather behind-the-scenes footage on Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. —

Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for day job