unemployments

Definition of unemploymentsnext
plural of unemployment
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Noun
  • The Artist had to take some liberties with each fruit.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • The adaption is extremely faithful to the original novel, with a few liberties taken here and there to dig further into the psyches of the boys.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Cloudflare executives added that the company is hoping to avoid further major layoffs.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • What the experts say Hiring has picked up while layoffs remain relatively subdued, with little evidence so far that the Iran war is affecting the labor market.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • The combination of the shutdown, colleagues’ retirements, and policy changes had left her depleted and often physically sick.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • The bank has said retirements, people having fewer babies and the administration's mass deportation efforts are the likely causes.
    James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The idea of creating a seedless watermelon came from Japanese scientists who, in the late 1930’s, applied colchicine to young seedlings at their shoot apex when the first true seedling leaves began to form.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
  • As plants use rainwater to grow, their leaves pick up the rain’s characteristic ratio of hydrogen isotopes—atoms with the same number of protons and different numbers of neutrons.
    Hannah Richter, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • The Mayor, after arriving with his chief of staff and first deputy mayor, zipped off a pair of ankle boots and joined the men on the floor.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Now there is a new name to add to the list and one who is making his mark in a second sport at an age when most top players have long hung up their boots and bats.
    Paul Newman, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Public pressure and her deteriorating health led to releases and furloughs.
    Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
  • In Cambodia, worker groups spoke of furloughs, cut shifts and job losses.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And after overseeing one of the most chaotic seasons in franchise history, following prior actions in the front office that included the dismissals of Kyle Dubas and then Brendan Shanahan, Pelley and an ownership group in transition haven’t earned the benefit of the doubt.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The policy targeted former party members, particularly those in senior positions under the previous government, and led to large-scale dismissals across the public sector, including the military, education and civil service.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Resignations, firings and transfers reduced the 36-person section to two.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 1 May 2026
  • The distinguished scientists and engineers who made up the National Science Board did not know the firings were coming.
    Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Unemployments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployments. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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