How to Use be out of a job in a Sentence

be out of a job

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  • That one accent coach on YouTube is about to be out of a job.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Trump himself has said if he's elected, Smith will be out of a job.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • James Cameron would be out of a job if people didn’t like long form content.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The robots are in the workplace, but nobody is going to be out of a job.
    — Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Without it, Pirenne and his colleagues could be out of a job by this summer.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012
  • And as soon as the machines are better than this lump, then everyone will be out of a job.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Now, the roughly 80 people still working there will soon be out of a job.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Daboll is a coach who, if things don’t go well this year, will certainly be out of a job by the end of the season.
    — Mike Straw, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, that means that eight per cent of the state’s health-care workforce—more than fifty thousand people—may soon be out of a job.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021
  • If the club adopts the same approach this season, one of the three backup RBs will be out of a job.
    — Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2020
  • If family members were banned from trading, the speaker's husband would be out of a job.
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2022
  • If Elon Musk buys Twitter, most of the company might soon be out of a job.
    — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Both need to get their acts together — sooner rather than later — or both will be out of a job sooner than later.
    — Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • That means Johnson — a Democratic appointee — will be out of a job soon.
    — Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Garza could soon be out of a job after a Travis County resident filed a lawsuit against him.
    — Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Apr. 2024
  • That means the fans are watching a lot of players who will be out of a job by Sunday evening — and paying top dollar to do so.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Andres Garcia said many farmworkers will be out of a job for as long as the water stays high and fields are submerged.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of Amazon employees may be out of a job right before the holiday season.
    — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Employees at a Fort Worth bank with 70 years of history will soon be out of a job.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
  • He should be commended for selfless actions to protect the other passengers and those who brought charges should be out of a job.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But with the signing of the Korean infielder, one Dodgers player may be out of a job.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The Commissioner needs firing and a host of league personnel and officials should be out of a job as well.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • If Shelton gets fired down the road, Kelly could be on track to replace him — or Kelly could be out of a job too.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The drug is so cheap and effective, this patient had concluded, that Johnson would be out of a job if everyone knew about it.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
  • In fact, as ballpark owner Lucille (Carol Kane) lets slip, Russ is soon to be out of a job.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
  • One of the most successful agents in hip-hop could soon be out of a job in what sources are describing as a management clash at one of the biggest agencies in music.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2020
  • As such, anyone who took this type of interim role is going to be out of a job and possibly have something on their resume that will be a puzzlement.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • If not for a massive buyout (reportedly $33 million), Calipari would be out of a job.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Faust, a conservative Republican with a private-sector background, may be out of a job by next spring.
    — Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Within 72 hours, Sampson would be out of a job and IU would enter a tailspin that took years to arrest.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2021

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