white-collar
Example Sentences
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AI poses the greatest risk to repetitive white-collar work that exists because of high transaction costs within and across firms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
It recently laid off 8,000 white-collar employees in part to fund those efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In fact, the current commission president, white-collar attorney Rasha Gerges Shields, is the only remaining member of the commission that oversaw the months-long chief’s search that ended with McDonnell’s selection.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
In white-collar work, AI-related skills will also help a person’s chances.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
The term, “relocation” abbreviated, was used as noun and verb to describe the nomadic lives of white-collar families employed by global companies.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
