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white-collar

[hwahyt-kol-er, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˈkɒl ər, ˈwaɪt- /
ADJECTIVE
non-manual
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That points to another conundrum for the health-conscious white-collar urban workforce: Greens are everywhere and in everything.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

She was taking a new job working as a white-collar defense attorney at Latham & Watkins when Epstein contacted her about an opportunity to work with Bill Gates, she has said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

According to a June report from Boston Consulting Group, 74% of front-line employees, defined as individual white-collar workers with no managerial responsibilities, are now regular AI users, tapping it daily or several times a week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Furthermore, it’s too early to sound the “all-clear” on job displacement for white-collar workers due to AI, according to Vaillancourt.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Who would have thought that such a melange of black and white, male and female, blue-collar and white-collar workers, those who worked with their hands and those who worked with numbers, was actually possible?

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly



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