out of work
Example Sentences
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A higher unemployment rate means more people are out of work and looking for work, while a fall in the number of job vacancies means there are fewer jobs to compete for.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
"We're looking at around 200-300 jobs going as a result of this. That's a lot of people out of work."
From BBC • May 1, 2026
War has imposed a heavy cost on Iran’s economy: more than a million people out of work, soaring food prices and a prolonged internet shutdown that has slammed online businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The war has thrown around one million people out of work directly and another million indirectly, according to early estimates cited by Gholamhossein Mohammadi, an official at Iran’s Labor and Social-Affairs ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Beginning in the spring of 1919, the insect known as the boll weevil had destroyed entire cotton crops, throwing thousands of black agricultural workers out of work.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
