desk job
noun
: a job that someone does while sitting at a desk
She left her desk job to become a farmer.
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And that ultimately, going from a desk job to becoming a plumber, teacher, or nurse, van ’t Noordende says, requires a mindset shift.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Now part-mullet, part-shag, her look was punk, brunette, a little unhinged, and entirely untameable—the kind of haircut that could never be neatly tied up in a bouncy ponytail or piled into an evening updo; the kind of haircut that would never earn you a desk job.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
And Danielle works a desk job arranging the travel documents required for immigrants to be deported
Inspired by their dad's quarter-century of service, the siblings landed at ICE after other careers.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Oliver Alcazar, an unemployed construction worker who’s training for a desk job after injuring his foot, was relieved to see his federal SNAP food benefit restored Sunday with $258 for his family of three for November.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2025
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Now part-mullet, part-shag, her look was punk, brunette, a little unhinged, and entirely untameable—the kind of haircut that could never be neatly tied up in a bouncy ponytail or piled into an evening updo; the kind of haircut that would never earn you a desk job.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
And Danielle works a desk job arranging the travel documents required for immigrants to be deported
Inspired by their dad's quarter-century of service, the siblings landed at ICE after other careers.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Oliver Alcazar, an unemployed construction worker who’s training for a desk job after injuring his foot, was relieved to see his federal SNAP food benefit restored Sunday with $258 for his family of three for November.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Desk job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desk%20job. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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