jobless

Example Sentences

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OTTAWA—A muted recovery in hiring in Canada last month helped keep the jobless rate steady after the labor market’s weak start to the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Weekly jobless claims and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge — the personal-consumption expenditures index for February — and the second revision to fourth-quarter GDP are all due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

He had been homeless for about five years and jobless even longer, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The trend in jobless claims — or applications for unemployment benefits — illustrates the low level of layoffs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 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