blue-collar
Example Sentences
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She released her version in 1980 as part of a concept album hailing blue-collar workers that was a companion to her hit film “9 to 5.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
While the number of high-school graduates in the U.S. who choose apprenticeships instead of college is rising, programs are mostly focused on blue-collar roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Vance gave a speech at the steel plant where his grandfather worked for 40 years in Middletown, Ohio, the blue-collar town which featured in his bestselling 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Levanon said he used to think physical, blue-collar work was less susceptible to AI than office work.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
He began dressing like he was a blue-collar worker—jackets from UPS and Home Depot, a back brace like he had a job in a warehouse.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
