blue-collar
Example Sentences
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And while the blue collar and gig economy labor markets are less affected, white collar workers who can’t find work begin to flood in, increasing labor supply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
The wages of blue collar jobs remained on the lower part of the income spectrum, while the wages of white collar services jobs increased.
From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025
The songs – Thunder Road, Jungleland, Born To Run – throbbed with longing, as his characters fought to escape the confines of small-town, blue collar American life.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
It resonates with me because of my blue collar roots.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2024
He wears his brown-and-black SS uniform with its blue collar insignia that says he's a Rottenführer, a noncommissioned corporal.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
