jobless

Example Sentences

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"When I came back to India, I was jobless but I wanted to be my own boss," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Weekly jobless claims are due at 8:30 a.m., followed by S&P flash services and manufacturing PMIs at 9:45 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Sponsoring OPCs is a new, cheap way to tackle high youth unemployment in China -- where one in six people between the ages of 16 and 24 are jobless.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

A consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected a jobless rate of 5.2% and wage growth at 3.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Those residing in ghetto communities were particularly ill equipped to adapt to the seismic changes taking place in the U.S. economy; they were left isolated and jobless.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander