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Recent Examples of unemployment
Her case is one of several federal prosecutions in Georgia tied to alleged misuse of pandemic unemployment benefits, as officials continue to investigate fraud connected to COVID-era relief programs.
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Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Milei’s popularity plummets amid corruption scandal in Argentina Argentinian President Javier Milei’s popularity plunged to a new low, as rising unemployment and a burgeoning corruption scandal threatened his ambitious economic program and prospects for reelection next year.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The measure has led to unemployment and income loss for thousands of people, Kamaly says, as businesses can no longer operate during those lucrative hours.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Some opponents say cuts would increase unemployment and reduce economic activity.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Milei’s popularity plummets amid corruption scandal in Argentina Argentinian President Javier Milei’s popularity plunged to a new low, as rising unemployment and a burgeoning corruption scandal threatened his ambitious economic program and prospects for reelection next year.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The measure has led to unemployment and income loss for thousands of people, Kamaly says, as businesses can no longer operate during those lucrative hours.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Some opponents say cuts would increase unemployment and reduce economic activity.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
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Employers are reluctant to hire people and workers are reluctant to leave their jobs—but that isn’t generating mass joblessness, according to recent notes from Piper Sandler, Jefferies, and Pantheon (which supplied the above chart).—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The highest rate of joblessness is pervasive on the South and West sides of Chicago.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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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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The asbestos removal work will be done on the rear portion of the data center property on Windsor Street, once a parking lot.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Two hydroelectric dams on Washington’s Elwha River were removed in 2011 and 2014 after the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and others lobbied for their removal for decades.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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The write-off trap There’s a specific kind of institutional damage that happens when hiring managers and leaders respond to the stare with dismissal rather than diagnosis.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel is speaking out as a wide-ranging review of the football program unfolds after Sherrone Moore's dismissal.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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