as in joblessness
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Recent Examples of unemployment
The government said last Friday that employers added a solid number of jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked down for the second straight month to 4%, historically quite low.
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Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
At the same time, the unemployment rate dipped to the lowest level since May 2024.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
Struggling schools, high levels of poverty and unemployment have persisted in Birmingham in recent years, creating ripe conditions for violent crime.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The unemployment rate is predicted to have remained unchanged at 4.1%.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
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Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
At the same time, the unemployment rate dipped to the lowest level since May 2024.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
Struggling schools, high levels of poverty and unemployment have persisted in Birmingham in recent years, creating ripe conditions for violent crime.
—Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The unemployment rate is predicted to have remained unchanged at 4.1%.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
Noun
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The initial Russian campaign represents completely irrational force employment and, in many cases, frankly, nonemployment.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2022
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The nonemployment crisis of the 2010s and the opioid crisis of the 2010s weren’t completely separate.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Dec. 2020
Noun
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An attorney working the case, who spoke to Newsweek, said the legal challenge was not about their individual reasons for deportation, but over DHS holding them way beyond the time limit after an order or removal was given.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The store’s removal comes after West purchased airtime during the Super Bowl for a Yeezy commercial.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Houston Chronicle reported that NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has informed employees still in their probationary period to prepare for dismissal.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Danielle Sassoon, Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, resigned in refusal to carry out the Justice Department’s directive to file the dismissal.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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