blue-collar
Example Sentences
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Some are pivoting to blue-collar work or starting their own businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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
That division was clear when AFP visited Levittown, a blue-collar area on the outskirts of Philadelphia lined with car dealerships and auto repair shops.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
The lunchtime crowd — high schoolers, blue-collar types, the elderly — waited patiently for their orders.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Half of them were local workers; Peru has so many ruins from so many cultures that in many small towns archaeological labor is a flourishing blue-collar trade.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
