as in joblessness
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Recent Examples of unemployment
The last time Florida’s unemployment rate was above 4% was in the fall of 2021 as the job market was recovering from the pandemic layoffs.
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Tom Hudson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% in November from 4.4% in September.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, the highest since 2021.
—CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
The labor market definitively did not stay tight, Cramer said, explaining that the unemployment rate has risen from 4.0% in January to 4.6% in November.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unemployment
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Fears of joblessness in the next year were highest among the highest-earning individuals last summer, according to an August survey by the New York Federal Reserve.—
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Please note that California has long ranked high in joblessness, due in part to its volatile yet successful entrepreneurial mindset.—
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The initial Russian campaign represents completely irrational force employment and, in many cases, frankly, nonemployment.—
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The nonemployment crisis of the 2010s and the opioid crisis of the 2010s weren’t completely separate.—
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When news of Maduro’s removal first spread on social media early that Saturday morning, many banged pots and pans in celebration.—
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Leave it alone if babies are present, and call wildlife or pest control for removal.—
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Four Democratic-Farm-Labor Party lawmakers who chair state Senate education committees cited Minneapolis Public Schools canceling classes and extracurricular activities last week after federal agents reportedly clashed with students and staff during Roosevelt High School’s dismissal on Wednesday.—
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Prosecutors noted that after receiving the money, the defendants filed loan forgiveness applications containing further inaccuracies, which led to the dismissal of some debt.—
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“Unemployment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unemployment. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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