blue-collar

Example Sentences

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I now know what blue-collar workers felt like in the 1970s!

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Take construction: Hiring for these blue-collar trades jobs has risen in the past year despite a slumping housing market — something that almost never happens.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Campaign strategists love to tout a military record, a blue-collar résumé, small-business ownership, and a life of family and faith, in part because they suggest qualities that bode well for a political leader.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

At Alta Baja, he could talk to my Mexican American wife and other blue-collar Latinos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

One study indicates that as late as 1970, more than 70 percent of all blacks working in metropolitan areas held blue-collar jobs.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander