How to Use unemployment insurance in a Sentence

unemployment insurance

noun
  • The unemployment insurance that kept many people afloat last year may cause problems at tax time this year.
    — Liz Weston, Star Tribune, 31 Jan. 2021
  • The money will go to the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The unemployment insurance trust fund is the source of payouts for state jobless claims.
    — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Sep. 2020
  • This led many to stand in line at food banks, apply for food stamps or rely on unemployment insurance, many for the first time.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Some who filed for unemployment insurance in the first weeks of the business closures still have not received their checks.
    — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 17 June 2020
  • Instead, the money was used for state jobless claims that should have been paid from the unemployment insurance trust fund.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2023
  • Democrats say at least six months of unemployment insurance should be provided, Pelosi said.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 4 Apr. 2020
  • That’s in line with the weekly reports of initial claims for unemployment insurance, which have remained near record lows.
    — Lydia Depillis, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • With the end of the pandemic, unemployment insurance is also no longer available for him.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • That means the state does not yet need to tap into its unemployment insurance fund for the extended benefits.
    — USA TODAY, 26 June 2020
  • The state cannot pay people the extra money by using money from the unemployment insurance trust fund.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Over the past four weeks 22 million people have filed for unemployment insurance.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 16 Apr. 2020
  • That data is based on state unemployment insurance tax records and covers most US jobs.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The legislation makes a series of changes to how the state supports its unemployment insurance trust fund.
    — Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Claims for unemployment insurance started growing faster in the first half of July.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 2 Aug. 2022
  • That’s where unemployment insurance is supposed to come in, as a short-term safety net to ensure that losing your job doesn’t mean losing your home.
    — Mario Cilento, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • And more than half of unemployment insurance during the pandemic was disbursed to the bottom two-fifths of income groups.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Before the hold up on unemployment insurance, Schumer vowed to stay in session until Democrats passed the bill.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Another study backs up the notion that a small portion of those on unemployment insurance are not looking for work due to the benefits.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
  • The sites will be staffed by theater workers, many of whom have been relying on unemployment insurance since Broadway shut down over a year ago.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • In these programs, payroll taxes cover the costs, much like unemployment insurance.
    — Kat McGowan, NPR, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, used to make the payments, contained $467 million last week.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
  • Report the fraud and the 1099 to the state unemployment insurance agency.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2021
  • First-time filings for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level since 1969.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 May 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
  • How much is the weekly unemployment insurance benefit?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The government has promised to increase unemployment insurance.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The government has promised to increase unemployment insurance.
    — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Layoffs have made some headlines, but the total number of people filing for unemployment insurance is unusually low.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Both Bernick and the LAO agree, the state’s unemployment insurance system is broken.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026

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