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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The Dow Jones consensus, as of Friday, is for 231,000 first-time filings for unemployment insurance.
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Layoffs have made some headlines, but the total number of people filing for unemployment insurance is unusually low.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Persistently high unemployment in California not only strains unemployment insurance and social services but also dampens consumer confidence, posing risks to the stability of the nation's largest state economy.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
The unemployment insurance system was created in 1970, and was known to be an issue since at least 2007, but was never updated.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Layoffs have made some headlines, but the total number of people filing for unemployment insurance is unusually low.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Persistently high unemployment in California not only strains unemployment insurance and social services but also dampens consumer confidence, posing risks to the stability of the nation's largest state economy.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
The unemployment insurance system was created in 1970, and was known to be an issue since at least 2007, but was never updated.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 12 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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