white-collar
Example Sentences
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WSJ: This is a tricky moment for white-collar professionals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Anthropic's boss, Dario Amodei, has come under fire for saying AI technology could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs and will "test who we are as a species".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Jensen proposes a machine-labor token tax to offset white-collar job disruption and fund safety oversight.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The lack of white-collar mobility falls especially hard on the young, who make up a big share of job seekers and have long relied on hopping between companies to raise their pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like Enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
