jobless

Example Sentences

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I have a name, a body of work, but there are people who are jobless, stripped of their pensions and left in a state of utter abandonment.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Weekly jobless claims, housing starts and the Philly Fed manufacturing survey are due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

U.S. jobless claims fell to 209,000 in the week through May 16, signaling a stable labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He was jobless, broke and living at his parents’ vacation home in Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Tenants, made jobless by the fever, ran out of rent money and were turned out of their homes.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy