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
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The robots are in the workplace, but nobody is going to be out of a job.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
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With Joe Biden’s victory, Trump will soon be out of a job.
—Adam Epstein, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2020
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Trump himself has said if he's elected, Smith will be out of a job.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
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If Elon Musk buys Twitter, most of the company might soon be out of a job.
—Joe Wituschek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
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Now, the roughly 80 people still working there will soon be out of a job.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2021
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Without it, Pirenne and his colleagues could be out of a job by this summer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
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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
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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
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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
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That means Johnson — a Democratic appointee — will be out of a job soon.
—Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
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Roughly 1,000 people will be out of a job, according to NBC News.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 May 2023
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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
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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
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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
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If family members were banned from trading, the speaker's husband would be out of a job.
—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2022
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For unrelated reasons, Molly’s soon to be out of a job.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 17 May 2021
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A lot of Amazon employees may be out of a job right before the holiday season.
—Joe Wituschek, BGR, 14 Nov. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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If not for a massive buyout (reportedly $33 million), Calipari would be out of a job.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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