white-collar
Example Sentences
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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
Any Black person with a job — especially white-collar professionals — had that gospel drilled into them by their parents long before the high-achieving Shonda Rhimes immortalized it in her show.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Now, a growing number of white-collar apprenticeship programs are offering high-school leavers another route into industries such as consulting, finance and law—fields typically reserved for college graduates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
That was why I was with a blue-collar agency instead of a white-collar agency.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
