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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Look at Labor Department jobs reports, Evermore said, to find out how many people are applying for unemployment insurance in your area, and how many are lingering on the benefit rolls.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Apply for unemployment insurance as quickly as possible.
—Margaret Cirino, NPR, 25 June 2025
However, consumers' pessimism, persistently weak new orders in manufacturing, a second consecutive month of rising initial claims for unemployment insurance, and a decline in housing permits weighed on the Index, leading to May's overall decline.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
One of the most alarming signals of that sluggishness can be found in the measure of continuing jobless claims, or filings for unemployment insurance by people who have been job-hunting for multiple weeks.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 18 June 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Apply for unemployment insurance as quickly as possible.
—Margaret Cirino, NPR, 25 June 2025
However, consumers' pessimism, persistently weak new orders in manufacturing, a second consecutive month of rising initial claims for unemployment insurance, and a decline in housing permits weighed on the Index, leading to May's overall decline.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
One of the most alarming signals of that sluggishness can be found in the measure of continuing jobless claims, or filings for unemployment insurance by people who have been job-hunting for multiple weeks.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 18 June 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 8 Jul. 2025.
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