summer job

noun

: a job for the summer only
My teenage son is looking for a summer job.

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But for my family, working in the fields was like a summer job, a way to make extra money. Araceli Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025 Harris has spoken fondly about her summer job at McDonald’s, and now advocates for a fifteen-dollar minimum wage; Trump was born rich, and his public gestures are often at odds with his actual policies. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024 Trump has suggested, without evidence, that Harris fabricated her college summer job at McDonald’s and has even questioned her race. Sara Dorn, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Johnson had held a summer job working for a wedding photographer, and this gave him the idea that art photography could be a path for him. Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for summer job 

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“Summer job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer%20job. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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