Definitions

white-collar

[hwahyt-kol-er, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˈkɒl ər, ˈwaɪt- /

ADJECTIVE

non-manual

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clerical salaried

WEAK

executive office professional

NOUN

office worker

Synonyms

STRONG

administrator clerk employee executive jobholder manager supervisor worker

Example Sentences

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Walk into any corporate office, and you’ll hear the same anxious conversation: Will AI eliminate white-collar jobs?

From The Wall Street Journal

What started as a somewhat academic fear of an AI reckoning for white-collar workers is now starting to seem a little more tangible — at least in the eyes of Wall Street.

From MarketWatch

How bad is the market for white-collar workers?

From The Wall Street Journal

With Wall Street worried artificial intelligence is coming for white-collar jobs, hard-hat and other “real economy” stocks are suddenly fashionable again.

From Barron's

A major driver of the new AI-inspired alarm has been increased capacity for computers to code software—and the fear that those capabilities could extend to swaths of white-collar desk work.

From The Wall Street Journal