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unemployment

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






NOUN
layoff
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“We would expect them to just come down based on unemployment data looking very positive,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

For one thing, the end of the school year results in some school employees such as bus drivers and cafeteria workers applying for unemployment benefits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“We would expect them to just come down based on unemployment data looking very positive,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It is only when technological change takes out an industry in a particular region and people don't move that we see major technological unemployment and wage reductions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

To cure unemployment, Hitler looked to Germany’s millions of young people.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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