unemployed
Example Sentences
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He has not been identified and was unemployed, Barrett said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, totaled 1.78 million in the week through Aug. 1, falling by 22,000 from the downwardly revised total of 1.8 million a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Yet in their rush to destroy the old guard, Weiss and Ellison have overlooked the fact that they left behind an elite corps of unemployed, highly motivated investigative journalists with nothing left to lose.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Around one-quarter of unemployed job seekers have been on the hunt for at least half a year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
In a single night, as if by magic, beautifully pruned gardens and flowerbeds appeared on the avenues; they had been planted by the unemployed, to create the illusion of a peaceful spring.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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