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Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News by paulddraper on Friday April 07, 2017 @08:44PM (#14064574)
I use "unemployment" in the way it is always used.

If I meant "labor participation" (a very good measure too), I would​ have said that.

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Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News by Jommi on Saturday April 08, 2017 @01:17PM (#14067906)
"They way it is always used"

Dude. We're trying to talk about things in an absolutely neutral and objective way and you come up with that sentence? How can anyone ever prove what definition is "always used"???

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Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News by alphapapa on Friday April 14, 2017 @02:35PM (#14116196)
The "unemployment rate" is a specific number produced by the government. Whether it's useful or accurate compared to other numbers (e.g. labor participation rate) is another matter.
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Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News by vsl on Saturday April 08, 2017 @05:34AM (#14066156)
Which of the several differently defined ways it is always used?
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