white-collar
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The report laid out a doom-loop scenario of AI improvements wiping out white-collar employment and driving economic deterioration.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
A.I. use at work has nearly doubled in the past few years, especially in white-collar industries.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
"They look like a couple of club fighters from a white-collar match in a local leisure centre. It was sad for me to watch."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Human-resources executives say they are aware of the concerns of the white-collar workforce.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
It might seem ludicrous to address as large and intractable a problem as white-collar crime through the life of a bagel man.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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