as in joblessness
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Recent Examples of unemployment
The elections will replace Karen Bennett, who resigned after pleading guilty to unemployment fraud, in the 94th, and Lynn Heffner, who resigned to refocus on Hurricane Helene rebuilding, in the 130th.
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Irene Wright, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
The Black unemployment rate remains significantly higher than the national average, and the racial wealth gap is widening, not shrinking.
—Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Khenifra has long had one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, and many residents work in the informal sector.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mandatory 20-hour weekly work requirements will also disproportionately impact people who work in fields that have been hit hard by unemployment as well as caregivers and the disabled.
—Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
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Irene Wright, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
The Black unemployment rate remains significantly higher than the national average, and the racial wealth gap is widening, not shrinking.
—Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
Khenifra has long had one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, and many residents work in the informal sector.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mandatory 20-hour weekly work requirements will also disproportionately impact people who work in fields that have been hit hard by unemployment as well as caregivers and the disabled.
—Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
Noun
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The country has struggled with structural joblessness in the past, but the problem has tended to afflict blue-collar workers, not white-collar ones.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
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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
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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In August 2009, 72-year-old William Wilkie died at his home after Heider performed an emergency appendix removal on him but discharged him from Lake Norman Regional Medical Center without prescribing antibiotics, says a wrongful death lawsuit filed in June 2010 by Wilkie’s widow, Brenda.—
Amber Gaudet
Updated February 20,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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Some offer handles or Velcro closures for easy removal, while many are simply large versions of a basic rubber band.—
Jenessa Connor,
Health,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Supreme Court is sending the case back to the lower court for dismissal.—
Melissa Repko,Sara Salinas,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Justice Department has appealed the dismissal of those prosecutions.—
JESSICA HILL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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