blue-collar

Example Sentences

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Building data centers that run AI models is creating thousands of jobs, lifting wages for blue-collar workers and boosting gross domestic product, said Sacks, the face of the Trump administration’s AI strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The kind of job insecurity that once seemed the province of hourly, blue-collar jobs haunts white-collar professions these days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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

I’m sure the school could still produce some good blue-collar union men, but that ship sailed a long time ago, right down the Delaware River and out to sea.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove