jobless

Example Sentences

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I have a name, a body of work, but there are people who are jobless, stripped of their pensions and left in a state of utter abandonment.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Weekly jobless claims, housing starts and the Philly Fed manufacturing survey are due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

He was jobless, broke and living at his parents’ vacation home in Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Attention now switches to U.S. retail sales and weekly jobless claims data at 1230 GMT, where any weakness could cause yields to fall further.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

They are told to wait and wait for Mr. Right even if that means, in a jobless ghetto, never having children at all.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander