as in unemployed
having no job
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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Recent Examples of jobless
Layoffs more broadly have remained historically low based on initial jobless claims but that too could change as business uncertainty grows.
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Paul Davidson, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Investors will be watching further economic data on Thursday including the weekly jobless claims data, insights on the U.S. manufacturing sector, and the nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.
— CNBC’s Sarah Min contributed to this report.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Speaking in court, New York Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon argued that the victims of Santos’ crimes even included jobless and struggling New Yorkers.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Paul Davidson, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Investors will be watching further economic data on Thursday including the weekly jobless claims data, insights on the U.S. manufacturing sector, and the nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.
— CNBC’s Sarah Min contributed to this report.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Roughly a third of Americans were jobless; hungry people were filling up soup kitchens across the country; and banks were collapsing as worried depositors rushed to withdraw their funds.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Speaking in court, New York Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon argued that the victims of Santos’ crimes even included jobless and struggling New Yorkers.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobless
unemployed
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Thursday’s report also showed that people continue to stay unemployed for longer: The number of continuing claims, which are filed by Americans who have received at least a week or more of jobless benefits, climbed by 83,000 to 1.916 million, the highest level since November 2021.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Sweden's Örebro Mass Shooting In February, Sweden experienced its deadliest mass shooting when a 35-year-old unemployed man opened fire at an adult education center in the city of Örebro, killing 10 students and teachers.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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