blue-collar
Example Sentences
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Former labor organizer and iron worker Brian Poindexter embodies the emerging blue-collar, practical-minded Democrat type in the upcoming midterms.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
The AI boom is quietly creating some of the fastest-growing blue-collar jobs in America.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The factory was one of the best-paying blue-collar jobs in the area.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
It was the perfect environment for two blue-collar communities: San Pedro, known for its bustling port and dock workers, and Bell, known as a densely packed working class industrial city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
What could you say about class beyond the obvious pieties—the widening income gap, the slow demise of the blue-collar middle, the struggle of the underclass—all worthy subjects but amply documented in our pages and elsewhere?
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
