How to Use self-employed in a Sentence

self-employed

adjective

• Now in their 40s, they’ve both been self-employed for 25 years.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 26 Apr. 2023
• Those who are self-employed with an inventory of goods.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
• The survey was designed to understand how the self-employed fared during the period.
  — Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Those who are self-employed or in the gig economy need to make estimated tax payments.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• The visa lasts for two years and can be extended as long as the holder remains employed by a local company or is self-employed by the time the visa expires.
  — Joy Dong, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• For example, the weakness in the household survey stemmed partly from a decline in the ranks of the self-employed — workers who are not counted in the tally of payroll jobs.
  — Sydney Ember, New York Times, 2 June 2023
• More than half of India’s work force is technically self-employed.
  — Hari Kumar Atul Loke, New York Times, 28 June 2023
• The City of Westminster also benefits from the fact that three of the current six council members are self-employed and own small businesses.
  — Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2023
• In another change, disaster survivors who are self-employed and whose tools are lost or damaged would be able to get money to replace that equipment.
  — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• The government will also expand tax breaks for business investment and reduce taxes for the self-employed, Mr. Hunt said.
  — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• The problem for the labor minister was that proving that Glovo’s and Uber Eats’ riders were falsely self-employed was time-consuming.
  — Ben Wray, WIRED, 20 July 2023
• Weston and Brandon, both self-employed, have been restoring a previously derelict house since 2021.
  — Ellen Airhart, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
• Burch Mixon is now self-employed as a garden designer, working with residential clients.
  — Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• Some in the space say the new law will benefit both freelancers and the IRS by improving information gathering, especially for people who are self-employed and merchants who sell online.
  — Cora Lewis, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
• His wife was recently told she’s being laid off, an economic blow that other reservists, especially those who are self-employed, are well acquainted with.
  — Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2024
• Shu added that France had also recognized the platform’s riders as being self-employed rather than entitled to employee benefits.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Mar. 2024
• The $130 Home and Business version is recommended for self-employed or people managing rental properties.
  — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• Stay informed about new programs and benefits: Nineteen states and counting have introduced new programs to make saving easier for workers and the self-employed who don’t have access to a workplace retirement plan.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
• Shu explained that 90% of the company’s gross transaction value was in the U.K. and France, where lawmakers had ruled that Deliveroo riders and other gig economy workers should be recognized as being self-employed.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 18 Mar. 2024
• These accounts are for business owners—including those who are self-employed—and their employees, and have much higher contribution limits than the traditional IRA.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023
• Injury rates are not well tracked in federal labor statistics because people who are self-employed or work on farms with fewer than 11 employees are not required to complete the agency’s annual survey.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Aug 2024