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Recent Examples of joblessness
This trend of low job retention among veterans and spouse joblessness can be detrimental to the financial and professional livelihoods of American military families.
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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
During the Great Depression, advertisers were able to use the distress of joblessness to sell hygiene products.
—Franklin Schneider, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Long-term unemployment is a period of joblessness lasting at least six months.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
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
During the Great Depression, advertisers were able to use the distress of joblessness to sell hygiene products.
—Franklin Schneider, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Long-term unemployment is a period of joblessness lasting at least six months.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joblessness
unemployment
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But just months later, unemployment would skyrocket to 10% in what later became known as the Great Recession.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Hiring is down, but unemployment hasn’t spiked, inflation isn’t ballooning (as feared) because of tariffs, and consumer spending is holding up remarkably well.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Joblessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joblessness. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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