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

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

The firm sends thousands of blue-collar workers overseas each year in search of regular, better paid work.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Television used to be fascinated with blue-collar life, in shows like The Honeymooners, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, and Roseanne, but lately it too has turned its attention elsewhere.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times