: one's regular employment as contrasted with an occasional, secondary, or coveted job
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Most of us are slaves to Teams in our day jobs, and the inclusion of the call tone is a work of sadistic (and entirely on-brand) genius.—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 Building a family business Moreton works with his daughter on top of his day job as a network security engineer.—Jennifer Liu
valentina Duarte, CNBC, 14 June 2026 In his day job playing for Manchester City of the English Premier League, Haaland almost never plays the role of underdog.—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 June 2026 After three decades of literally and figuratively stepping into Revere’s buckled shoes, Lepage plans on retiring from his day job this summer.—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for day job