How to Use summer job in a Sentence

summer job

noun
  • The minimum length of a Corps post will be 300 hours—about the length of a summer job—and will max out at a year.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The concept of the no-show summer job was common knowledge at least as far back as the 1950s.
    Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • For many teens, the point of a summer job doesn’t have to be about finding the highest pay available.
    Steve Leblanc, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2023
  • The day of the accident, Buffy’s best friend rushed breathless into my summer job and shared the news.
    Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • That is not a bad wage for 17-year-old Hadley Boggs' first summer job ever.
    Carter Evans, CBS News, 5 July 2023
  • But the issue here is not about teens picking up a summer job, but what happens once school starts again.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 4 July 2023
  • He was set to take a summer job with a Los Angeles law firm but rescinded the offer to head to Ukraine.
    Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The aunt said Malloy had been a senior in high school and had registered for the mayor’s summer job program.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Economist - Good news for teenagers: This year's summer job market will be strong.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 5 June 2023
  • Juggling school, basketball and track, plus a summer job, Caruth and his family fundraised for an iRacing rig.
    Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • What was once a reality show about friends in L.A. had evolved into something more like a soap-opera summer job for minor celebrities.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 22 May 2024
  • Los Angeles — Once a coveted summer job, lifeguards are hard to come by this year, forcing some pools in Los Angeles to shut down.
    Carter Evans, CBS News, 5 July 2023
  • But for a man who once overlooked his fear of heights to work a summer job as a window washer to help pay for future classes, none of the requirements were too intimidating.
    Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
  • While navigating her unique summer job working as a mermaid at a kitschy tourist attraction, as well as her first boyfriend, her strict family, and her plans for life after high school, Veró has to figure out how to keep both her body and mind happy.
    Renata Sancken, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The city touts summer job programs to help young people, but in August, the probation department shut down a nine-month initiative connecting troubled 16 to 24-year-old New Yorkers to mentoring and therapy.
    Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But a grueling summer job during graduate school spent recapping tires persuaded him to apply to IBM, which was recruiting mathematicians.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • That means students can also be volunteering, working a summer job or other activities while also attending the virtual summer program.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Teen experiences such as undertaking college tours, doing research with a professor, and getting a summer job will help to strengthen some neural pathways while weakening or eliminating others.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023

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