blue-collar
Example Sentences
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The men are in blue-collar sectors with a Darwinian outlook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Not quite Shakespeare, but for millions of blue-collar Americans, that is the 2026 question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
Half of them were local workers; Peru has so many ruins from so many cultures that in many small towns archaeological labor is a flourishing blue-collar trade.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
