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

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

Weekly jobless claims data are also due Thursday, followed by the University of Michigan’s final consumer sentiment survey for April on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Weekly jobless claims and the Philly Fed index are due at 8:30 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 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