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Recent Examples of unemployment
California’s unemployment rate, 5.4% in November, the latest month for which data are available, was the second highest of any state, with more than a million unemployed workers.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Related Articles China’s urban unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in 2024, 0.1 percentage points lower than a year prior; the youth unemployment rate dropped 0.4 percent in December.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
The Biden administration addressed the pandemic through multiple initiatives that increased vaccinations, decreased unemployment and supported a boom in the small business sector.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Central bankers also projected lower unemployment this year along with higher gross domestic product.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for unemployment 
Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Related Articles China’s urban unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in 2024, 0.1 percentage points lower than a year prior; the youth unemployment rate dropped 0.4 percent in December.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 17 Jan. 2025
The Biden administration addressed the pandemic through multiple initiatives that increased vaccinations, decreased unemployment and supported a boom in the small business sector.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Central bankers also projected lower unemployment this year along with higher gross domestic product.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for unemployment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
Noun
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The initial Russian campaign represents completely irrational force employment and, in many cases, frankly, nonemployment.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2022
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The nonemployment crisis of the 2010s and the opioid crisis of the 2010s weren’t completely separate.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Dec. 2020
Noun
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended his removal of Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) as House Intelligence Committee Chair as his own decision, not one ordered by President-elect Donald Trump.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Hitchhiking Ghosts imagery that appears in the mirrors during the ride’s finale has also been updated during the removal of the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Saints went on a seven-game losing streak after that hot start which led to the eventual dismissal of Saints head coach Dennis Allen.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
27 Jan. 2025
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Spared in this round of dismissals, however, was Michael Horowitz, the longtime Justice Department inspector general who has issued reports on assorted politically explosive criminal investigations over the last decade.—
Zeke Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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