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white-collar

adjective as in non-manual

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noun as in office worker

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The top legislative body on Friday approved proposals to raise the statutory retirement age from 50 to 55 for women in blue-collar jobs, and from 55 to 58 for females in white-collar jobs.

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"So in the vast majority of white-collar cases now, federal prison time results for a defendant," says Mr Medrano, who has both prosecuted and defended clients in similar cases of tax avoidance.

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But China's retirement age remains one of the lowest in the world - at 60 for men, 55 for women in white-collar jobs and 50 for working-class women.

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Most of my cousins got white-collar jobs or joined the public sector.

“We are seeing more blue-collar and entry-level white-collar people. The purchase price of the car has suddenly become in reach.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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