blue-collar

Example Sentences

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If not, he has warned that he would have to raise property tax rates in the city, a move that would affect a swath of New Yorkers, including blue-collar and middle-class homeowners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Some are pivoting to blue-collar work or starting their own businesses that may insulate them from the impacts of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The lunchtime crowd — high schoolers, blue-collar types, the elderly — waited patiently for their orders.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Lynn Wu, a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania who specializes in AI and labor, said in an interview that there will be a “medium-term renaissance” for blue-collar work.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

That was why I was with a blue-collar agency instead of a white-collar agency.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler