unemployment insurance
noun
: social insurance against involuntary unemployment that provides unemployment compensation for a limited period to unemployed workers
also
: unemployment compensation
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Other examples of unintended consequences in California include launching a bullet train project without comprehensive construction or financial plans, sharply increasing public employee pensions without considering costs and doing the same with unemployment insurance benefits.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Other examples of unintended consequences in California include launching a bullet train project without comprehensive construction or financial plans, sharply increasing public employee pensions without considering costs and doing the same with unemployment insurance benefits.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 3 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors say that between July 2020 and June 2021, Silva collected personal information, including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers from numerous individuals and used it to file fraudulent unemployment insurance claims through California's Employment Development Department (EDD).
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Bank of America defined income as regularly recurring payments into accounts, such as payroll, social security, unemployment insurance pensions and annuity income.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Nov. 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Other examples of unintended consequences in California include launching a bullet train project without comprehensive construction or financial plans, sharply increasing public employee pensions without considering costs and doing the same with unemployment insurance benefits.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 3 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors say that between July 2020 and June 2021, Silva collected personal information, including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers from numerous individuals and used it to file fraudulent unemployment insurance claims through California's Employment Development Department (EDD).
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Bank of America defined income as regularly recurring payments into accounts, such as payroll, social security, unemployment insurance pensions and annuity income.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unemployment insurance
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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