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Recent Examples of joblessness
The country has struggled with structural joblessness in the past, but the problem has tended to afflict blue-collar workers, not white-collar ones.
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Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
This trend of low job retention among veterans and spouse joblessness can be detrimental to the financial and professional livelihoods of American military families.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
Please note that California has long ranked high in joblessness, due in part to its volatile yet successful entrepreneurial mindset.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
There's much debate whether AI is going to augment the industrial base or is a displacement technology that leads to joblessness.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Black unemployment is rising sharply The unemployment rate among Black workers has risen higher and faster than the overall rate of joblessness in recent months.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
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
Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
This trend of low job retention among veterans and spouse joblessness can be detrimental to the financial and professional livelihoods of American military families.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2026
Please note that California has long ranked high in joblessness, due in part to its volatile yet successful entrepreneurial mindset.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
There's much debate whether AI is going to augment the industrial base or is a displacement technology that leads to joblessness.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
Black unemployment is rising sharply The unemployment rate among Black workers has risen higher and faster than the overall rate of joblessness in recent months.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joblessness
unemployment
Noun
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The sad differences between Lake Placid & Milan In February 1980, America’s economy was in recession, unemployment was at eight million, and there was still lingering anger over the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Feb. 2026
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So, Indiana, among the peer states, has the lowest unemployment rate.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Joblessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joblessness. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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