How to Use be out of a job in a Sentence

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  • That one accent coach on YouTube is about to be out of a job.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Trump himself has said if he's elected, Smith will be out of a job.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The robots are in the workplace, but nobody is going to be out of a job.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Without it, Pirenne and his colleagues could be out of a job by this summer.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
  • Now, the roughly 80 people still working there will soon be out of a job.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Daboll is a coach who, if things don’t go well this year, will certainly be out of a job by the end of the season.
    Mike Straw, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, that means that eight per cent of the state’s health-care workforce—more than fifty thousand people—may soon be out of a job.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021
  • If the club adopts the same approach this season, one of the three backup RBs will be out of a job.
    Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2020
  • If family members were banned from trading, the speaker's husband would be out of a job.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2022
  • If Elon Musk buys Twitter, most of the company might soon be out of a job.
    Joe Wituschek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Both need to get their acts together — sooner rather than later — or both will be out of a job sooner than later.
    Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • That means Johnson — a Democratic appointee — will be out of a job soon.
    Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Garza could soon be out of a job after a Travis County resident filed a lawsuit against him.
    Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Andres Garcia said many farmworkers will be out of a job for as long as the water stays high and fields are submerged.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of Amazon employees may be out of a job right before the holiday season.
    Joe Wituschek, BGR, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Employees at a Fort Worth bank with 70 years of history will soon be out of a job.
    Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
  • He should be commended for selfless actions to protect the other passengers and those who brought charges should be out of a job.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But with the signing of the Korean infielder, one Dodgers player may be out of a job.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The Commissioner needs firing and a host of league personnel and officials should be out of a job as well.
    Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If Shelton gets fired down the road, Kelly could be on track to replace him — or Kelly could be out of a job too.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The drug is so cheap and effective, this patient had concluded, that Johnson would be out of a job if everyone knew about it.
    Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
  • In fact, as ballpark owner Lucille (Carol Kane) lets slip, Russ is soon to be out of a job.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
  • One of the most successful agents in hip-hop could soon be out of a job in what sources are describing as a management clash at one of the biggest agencies in music.
    Dave Brooks, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2020
  • As such, anyone who took this type of interim role is going to be out of a job and possibly have something on their resume that will be a puzzlement.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • If not for a massive buyout (reportedly $33 million), Calipari would be out of a job.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Faust, a conservative Republican with a private-sector background, may be out of a job by next spring.
    Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Within 72 hours, Sampson would be out of a job and IU would enter a tailspin that took years to arrest.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2021
  • As the Federal Reserve drives up interest rates in a high-stakes bid to bring down inflation, more people will be out of a job.
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
  • Two Senate Republicans have said Noem should be out of a job, and Democrats have called for her impeachment.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Roughly 1,000 people will be out of a job, according to NBC News.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 May 2023

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