blue-collar
Example Sentences
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Some people he knows went into blue-collar professions, for example, and “it’s worked out great.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Bragg has a more blue-collar vibe, several seafood restaurants in Noyo Harbor and the Skunk Train, where you can ride a passenger car or a railbike through a bit of redwood forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
By that measure, the job market looks much better, historically speaking, for blue-collar workers, including those in construction and on manufacturing lines, and manual-service workers—think security guards, nurses and many restaurant and retail employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Workers who have managed to secure jobs are hanging onto them, especially in white-collar industries where the market isn’t nearly as dynamic as it is in blue-collar sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
And the not-so-cute blue-collar guy, who’s lugging a metal beam on his back, answers: He’d fire me, that’s what.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
