as in joblessness
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Recent Examples of unemployment
The unemployment rate, however, edged up to 4.1% from 4% the month before.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Most economists expect the U.S. to have added a respectable number of jobs with a slight increase in the unemployment rate, according to consensus estimates.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Investors expected the unemployment rate to stay at 4% and for the economy to add nearly 159,000 new jobs.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%, still a historically low level of joblessness.
—Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Most economists expect the U.S. to have added a respectable number of jobs with a slight increase in the unemployment rate, according to consensus estimates.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
Investors expected the unemployment rate to stay at 4% and for the economy to add nearly 159,000 new jobs.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%, still a historically low level of joblessness.
—Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
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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The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Advising them to reset their passwords following the scan and malware removal.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some people might say the same about Menke’s dismissal.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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The intrigue: Rahn, a disabled U.S. Army veteran, worked as a civilian federal government employee for about five years before his dismissal, but was considered probationary because he'd been promoted from the Department of Defense to his role with CISA within the past year.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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