How to Use be out of a job in a Sentence

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  • 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
  • The robots are in the workplace, but nobody is going to be out of a job.
    Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • With Joe Biden’s victory, Trump will soon be out of a job.
    Adam Epstein, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Trump himself has said if he's elected, Smith will be out of a job.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • If Elon Musk buys Twitter, most of the company might soon be out of a job.
    Joe Wituschek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Now, the roughly 80 people still working there will soon be out of a job.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Without it, Pirenne and his colleagues could be out of a job by this summer.
    IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
  • But no one, fresh out of a job or really ever, should know that much about how to be out of a job.
    Clio Chang, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • 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 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
  • That means Johnson — a Democratic appointee — will be out of a job soon.
    Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Roughly 1,000 people will be out of a job, according to NBC News.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • If family members were banned from trading, the speaker's husband would be out of a job.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2022
  • For unrelated reasons, Molly’s soon to be out of a job.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 17 May 2021
  • A lot of Amazon employees may be out of a job right before the holiday season.
    Joe Wituschek, BGR, 14 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But in mid-May, the corporate bosses returned and said the Postal Service had canceled their contract and that employees would be out of a job by the end of the month, Santana said.
    Washington Post, 9 June 2021
  • If not for a massive buyout (reportedly $33 million), Calipari would be out of a job.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The country will have to find a way to limit the risks for the many people who will be out of a job, while still capturing the full economic benefits the new technology can offer.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Not sure who is consulting the A’s president Dave Kaval on public relations, but that person should probably be out of a job.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2021
  • If the Chargers were in playoff contention, Badgley might be out of a job or, at least, certainly would be dealing with more outside pressure.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • But naval dolphins might soon be out of a job: in 2017, the US Military may begin retiring dolphins in favor of cheaper mine-hunting robots.
    Perrin Ireland, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2013
  • One private medical office manager in Coventry, who did not want to be named in this story, said the vaccine mandate means her entire office staff will be out of a job come October.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021

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