out of work

Example Sentences

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People who lose their job today often have a hard time finding a new one, and they stay out of work for longer.

From The Wall Street Journal

But companies also have been reluctant to hire, and those out of work have grown frustrated with drawn-out searches.

From The Wall Street Journal

More than 700,000 university graduates are out of work and claiming welfare benefits, new analysis by a think tank suggests.

From BBC

For the first time since coming to America, he described feeling financially exposed and uncertain; he had been out of work for more than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

That amounts to 186 million people out of work this year, it said.

From Barron's