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unemployment

[uhn-em-ploi-muhnt] / ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt /






NOUN
layoff
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They also tended to have lower levels of education and higher rates of unemployment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Youth unemployment is at one in four—double the global average.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

"We're in a region where the unemployment rate is the highest in the country and the median salary is among the lowest, so we try to do our bit."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

New Zealand’s economy faces uneven growth, high spare capacity, and elevated unemployment, which could dampen inflation pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

To summarize, we see that unemployment remains the state’s major economic and social problem.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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