How to Use jobless in a Sentence

jobless

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  • The jobless rate exceeds the U.S. rate of 3.6% in June.
    — Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2022
  • The jobless rate stood at 3.9% in April, near a 50-year low.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 May 2024
  • That’s the number of jobless claims last week which fell for the first time in a month.
    — Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • That was the state’s lowest jobless rate since the start of the pandemic.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The jobless rate held steady in June at 3.6 percent, near a 50-year low.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
  • In the months leading up to the pandemic, the state's jobless rate was at about 3.7%.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The nation’s jobless rate is in the midst of a 30-month streak of being at or below 4%.
    — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
  • The county’s unemployment rate is just 3.1%, the same as the jobless rate for the state.
    — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The jobless rate edged up to 3.6%, from 3.4% in the prior month as more Americans looked for work.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The jobless rate fell from 4% last December to 3.6% in May.
    — Jon Hilsenrath, WSJ, 4 July 2022
  • Then 28, Bayne was left jobless and at war with himself.
    — Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Even homeless and jobless, Mr. Coulibaly did not ask for help.
    — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022
  • As though the jobless and houseless among us are no longer hungry.
    — Benjamin, Longreads, 20 May 2022
  • The jobless rate stayed flat in San Mateo County, at 2.8%.
    — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The jobless rate is expected to hold steady at 4.1%, near 50-year lows.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The jobless rate rose but not by much The unemployment rate rose from 3.8% to 3.9%.
    — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • Each of the nation’s largest metros has seen its jobless rate drop from last year.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • But in Season 3, Cory faltered, perhaps for the first time in his life, and was left jobless by the end of the finale.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
  • Wages also grew a stronger-than-expected 4.5%, and the jobless rate stayed in a tight range at 50-year lows.
    — Christine Romans, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The improvement marked the first time in nearly two years that the statewide jobless rate decreased.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
  • Urban jobless rate rose to a six-month high, while year-on-year home prices fell at their fastest pace in nine years.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
  • That means China now has about 21 million jobless youth in cities and towns.
    — Laura He, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
  • That was a bit lower than the national jobless rate of 3.6%.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Reid thinks a half-point rate cut becomes likely if the jobless rate rises to 4.4%.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Other data this week showed a slide in job openings and an increase in the trend for jobless claims.
    — Christopher Anstey, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The jobless rate, meanwhile, would rise to 4.5 percent from 3.5 percent last month.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The United States had the lowest weekly jobless claims in more than 52 years and wages are rising.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Then into the frame walks the great Ally Sheedy as Carol, her over-it mom, with whom jobless Sam is forced to move back in.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
  • The nation’s jobless rate edged down to 4.1% from 4.2% in November.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Catch up quick: The jobless rate fell, employers added to their payrolls, a larger share of the adult population was working, and wages rose at a healthy pace last month.
    — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025

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