as in unemployed
having no job
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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Previous Unemployment Report For the week ending on November 16, jobless claims dropped by 6,000 to 213,000, which came in below the 220,000 applications that analysts had projected.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The number of people filing jobless claims has remained at rock-bottom levels.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
The economic focus continues on Wednesday, starting with the release of initial jobless claims, a weekly barometer of labor market health.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 24 Nov. 2024
During the first four months of 2024, applications for jobless benefits averaged just 213,000 a week before rising in May.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The number of people filing jobless claims has remained at rock-bottom levels.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
The economic focus continues on Wednesday, starting with the release of initial jobless claims, a weekly barometer of labor market health.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 24 Nov. 2024
During the first four months of 2024, applications for jobless benefits averaged just 213,000 a week before rising in May.
—Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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