blue-collar
Example Sentences
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Former labor organizer and iron worker Brian Poindexter embodies the emerging blue-collar, practical-minded Democrat type in the upcoming midterms.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
The men are in blue-collar sectors with a Darwinian outlook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The factory was one of the best-paying blue-collar jobs in the area.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some people he knows went into blue-collar professions, for example, and “it’s worked out great.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
What could you say about class beyond the obvious pieties—the widening income gap, the slow demise of the blue-collar middle, the struggle of the underclass—all worthy subjects but amply documented in our pages and elsewhere?
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
