out of a job
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t exactly the best time to be starting a business, with 19% of the country’s workforce out of a job.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
At workforces large and small, plenty of workers are hesitant to adopt AI, fearful that widespread adoption will innovate them out of a job.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
As well as that bill, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is aiming to guarantee paid work to young people who have been out of a job for 18 months.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
Perhaps one day it will even be able to write this column in the style of Alan Abelson—and put me out of a job.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Leonardo is out of a job as soon as he’s born.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
