unemployment

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Recent Examples of unemployment The unemployment rate, however, edged up to 4.1% from 4% the month before. — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025 Most economists expect the U.S. to have added a respectable number of jobs with a slight increase in the unemployment rate, according to consensus estimates. — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025 Investors expected the unemployment rate to stay at 4% and for the economy to add nearly 159,000 new jobs. — Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025 The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.1%, still a historically low level of joblessness. — Axios, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unemployment
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  1. nonemployment
  2. removal
  3. dismissal
Noun
  • The initial Russian campaign represents completely irrational force employment and, in many cases, frankly, nonemployment.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The nonemployment crisis of the 2010s and the opioid crisis of the 2010s weren’t completely separate.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
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  • The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Advising them to reset their passwords following the scan and malware removal.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of removal
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  • The defendants will answer Gastineau’s complaint and motion for its dismissal.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • However, judges in separate cases have ordered officials at the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board to be reinstated after similar dismissals, signaling continued legal battles over Trump’s authority to reshape independent agencies.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Mar. 2025
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