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white-collar

[hwahyt-kol-er, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˈkɒl ər, ˈwaɪt- /
ADJECTIVE
non-manual
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Citrini predicted those companies would be hit first before widespread white-collar job losses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Anecdotally, Anna says more women are joining her platform after leaving white-collar jobs, adding three Oxford University-educated tradeswomen have signed up in the last month.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The end result is that victims of crime – and taxpayers, who have to pay for these huge white-collar investigations and trials – are often left with nothing.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Economists are divided over whether AI is now meaningfully hurting employment among white-collar workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It might seem ludicrous to address as large and intractable a problem as white-collar crime through the life of a bagel man.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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