unemployed

Example Sentences

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There are currently 0.9 job openings for every unemployed person.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The latest data shows 700,000 graduates are unemployed and claiming benefits and Diss says her case suggests they require a different sort of help.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Advances in robotics present new possibilities for medicine, but also portend a system that could leave millions of its human workers unemployed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Students and the unemployed worked as line-sitters; for up to $5 an hour, they’d sit in your car and inch it forward toward the gas pumps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

He also promised more jobs, which appealed to the unemployed working class—and would resonate strongly with Dasch.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple