as in joblessness
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Recent Examples of unemployment
Those trends have created a new equilibrium that are keeping a lid on unemployment even as hiring stays subdued.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Property taxes ranked 27th and unemployment taxes were 26th.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
That was after federal prosecutors in 2023 charged Santos with stealing from donors and his campaign, fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits, and lying to Congress about his wealth.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Rising inflation and unemployment, as the US now faces, is an unusual economic combination that calls for opposite moves in interest rates.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Property taxes ranked 27th and unemployment taxes were 26th.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
That was after federal prosecutors in 2023 charged Santos with stealing from donors and his campaign, fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits, and lying to Congress about his wealth.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
Rising inflation and unemployment, as the US now faces, is an unusual economic combination that calls for opposite moves in interest rates.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 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
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Since attacks like SessionReaper can expose your personal data to criminal marketplaces, consider using a reputable data removal service that continuously scans and deletes your private information, such as your address, phone number and email, from data broker sites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Sky Roberts, the brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein accuser, cried when reflecting on how his sister would have reacted to the removal of the former prince's title and honors.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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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 8 Nov. 2025.
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