as in joblessness
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Recent Examples of unemployment
The last time Florida’s unemployment rate was above 4% was in the fall of 2021 as the job market was recovering from the pandemic layoffs.
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Tom Hudson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% in November from 4.4% in September.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, the highest since 2021.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
The labor market definitively did not stay tight, Cramer said, explaining that the unemployment rate has risen from 4.0% in January to 4.6% in November.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2025
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Tom Hudson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% in November from 4.4% in September.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, the highest since 2021.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
The labor market definitively did not stay tight, Cramer said, explaining that the unemployment rate has risen from 4.0% in January to 4.6% in November.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
Noun
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But during the pandemic, joblessness among recent college grads began consistently exceeding the overall rate.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2025
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Put differently, the central bank is supposed to direct monetary policy, so inflation doesn’t race out of control, and the country doesn’t experience large bouts of joblessness.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The initial Russian campaign represents completely irrational force employment and, in many cases, frankly, nonemployment.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2022
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The nonemployment crisis of the 2010s and the opioid crisis of the 2010s weren’t completely separate.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Dec. 2020
Noun
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Some said they were held in detention centers for months before their deportation and were moved multiple times to detention centers in multiple states before their removal from the United States.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The attorneys for the Department of Justice argued that the preliminary injunction blocking Abrego Garcia’s removal to Liberia should be dissolved because the government received assurances from the government of the West African country that he will not be persecuted or tortured.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Parents said they were told the dismissal was not the result of criminal wrongdoing or abuse allegations.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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That immediate dismissal stirred up a new determination within the aspiring firefighter.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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