as in unemployed
having no job
having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged
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Recent Examples of jobless
Thursday's report showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, rose by 750 to 224,250.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
Traders will also watch out for the final first-quarter gross domestic product reading, readings from May's personal income and preliminary durable goods orders indexes, as well as initial jobless claims from the week ended June 20.
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Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years.
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Matt Ott,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The stagnation is feeding into a volatile social environment, where nearly one in three is jobless.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
10 June 2026
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
Traders will also watch out for the final first-quarter gross domestic product reading, readings from May's personal income and preliminary durable goods orders indexes, as well as initial jobless claims from the week ended June 20.
—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years.
—
Matt Ott,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
The stagnation is feeding into a volatile social environment, where nearly one in three is jobless.
—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobless
unemployed
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This is of particular importance to union members, who were unemployed while the theaters were closed during the pandemic, and then did not see wage increases for several years after, and are facing a high cost of living.
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The marches reportedly drew thousands of mostly poor or unemployed South Africans, who say foreign migrants have taken jobs by accepting lower wages while also fueling higher crime rates.
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“Jobless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobless. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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