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Members, many of whom held day jobs as firefighters and law enforcement officers, were paid when they were deployed, according to Coggan and the current members.
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Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Its operatives exist in the shadows, doing unsavory work behind the scenes so that James T Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Kathryn Janeway, and other Starfleet captains can carry out their day jobs without getting their hands too dirty.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
In Las Vegas, their day jobs are, well, also in entertainment.
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Mikayla Whitmore, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The work paid off; Rudd started collecting enough views and brand deals to quit his day job last June.
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Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above
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“Day job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20job. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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