: one's regular employment as contrasted with an occasional, secondary, or coveted job
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Last summer Wills transferred her day job to Chicago, one of America’s premier comedy cities, primarily to grow as a comic.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026 Some were even able to quit their day jobs and become influencers.—
Emma Banks,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026 Her fortunes soon changed after a fateful run-in with the Wayans brothers at her day job.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026 Before helping lead Cape Verde to international awareness, Lopes was balancing a career in soccer with a day job at a bank in Dublin.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for day job