white-collar
adjective
white-col·lar
ˈ(h)wīt-ˈkä-lər 
: of, relating to, or constituting the class of salaried employees whose duties do not call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing compare blue-collar
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Hackman’s best roles were often of conflicted authority figures or surprisingly clever white-collar villains.
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Todd Leopold, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
The sales downturn resulted in corporate operating losses, kicking off the cycle of layoffs, unscheduled contract reopenings and salary cuts for nonunion white-collar employees.
—Jackie Charniga, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: New York being a big draw for white-collar workers holds true as ever, but plenty of other cities are getting a piece of the action, too.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Amidst a potentially painful transition for big banks, and as the promise of machines doing white-collar jobs spells doomsday for middle management, brand new financial services companies already do more with less.
—Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Todd Leopold, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
The sales downturn resulted in corporate operating losses, kicking off the cycle of layoffs, unscheduled contract reopenings and salary cuts for nonunion white-collar employees.
—Jackie Charniga, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
The bottom line: New York being a big draw for white-collar workers holds true as ever, but plenty of other cities are getting a piece of the action, too.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Amidst a potentially painful transition for big banks, and as the promise of machines doing white-collar jobs spells doomsday for middle management, brand new financial services companies already do more with less.
—Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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“White-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-collar. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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