unemployment insurance
noun
: social insurance against involuntary unemployment that provides unemployment compensation for a limited period to unemployed workers
also
: unemployment compensation
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Bohan lost his paralegal job in August 2024, exhausted his unemployment insurance benefits in March 2025, and in January 2026 moved from Chicago to Baltimore to live with family and keep bills low.
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
That data is based on state unemployment insurance tax records and covers most US jobs.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Even benefits such as unemployment insurance have become harder to qualify for in the past half century.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Thus, taxpayers are often stuck financing underperforming government programs riddled with waste and outright fraud, as was the case in the recent $30 billion scandal that afflicted the state’s unemployment insurance program.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
That data is based on state unemployment insurance tax records and covers most US jobs.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
Even benefits such as unemployment insurance have become harder to qualify for in the past half century.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Thus, taxpayers are often stuck financing underperforming government programs riddled with waste and outright fraud, as was the case in the recent $30 billion scandal that afflicted the state’s unemployment insurance program.
—Lanhee J. Chen, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unemployment insurance
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“Unemployment insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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