line of work
noun phrase
: the work that a person does regularly in order to earn money : job
He's in a dangerous line of work.
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But she’s moved on from the anger phase and recommends the same for everyone else in her line of work.
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
The exoskeleton attracted even more viewers than the Wolverine claws, and Hobson—a systems mechanical engineer—began to reconsider his line of work.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
There is a huge demand for both software experts and hardware engineers in this line of work.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
That is until love, a concept that everyone else in his line of work sneers at or dismisses, got in the way.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
The exoskeleton attracted even more viewers than the Wolverine claws, and Hobson—a systems mechanical engineer—began to reconsider his line of work.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
There is a huge demand for both software experts and hardware engineers in this line of work.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
That is until love, a concept that everyone else in his line of work sneers at or dismisses, got in the way.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Line of work.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20of%20work. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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