How to Use blue-collar in a Sentence
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This data focuses on a more blue-collar segment of the workforce.
— Louis Jacbson, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Nov. 2024 -
In fact, robust pay growth in blue-collar fields is a key reason many lower-income people have been opting out of college.
— Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024 -
On the whole, Trump’s gains in Wisconsin’s mid-sized, blue-collar cities were modest and uneven.
— Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024 -
Though many blue-collar jobs don’t require a four-year degree, most roles require certifications, licensing and, in some cases, extensive on-the-job training.
— Morgan Smith, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024 -
Policymakers are worried about the long-term economic impact of these trends, which have already contributed to shortages across a variety of blue-collar industries.
— Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 -
The South isn’t the only place in the country that has small towns and blue-collar people.
— Michael Rietmulder, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023 -
In the growth of blue-collar work, Biden has much to celebrate.
— Bryan Mena, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023 -
That comes from a blue-collar family that he was raised in.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024 -
There is a dire shortage of blue-collar workers in the United States.
— Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024 -
And that's just playing hard-nosed, blue-collar, grind-it-out baseball.
— Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023 -
Both Harris and Trump are courting blue-collar workers in the state.
— Hadriana Lowenkron, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 -
This is good news for frontline and blue-collar workers.
— Jack Kelly, Forbes, 5 May 2023 -
All of us rely on workers in both white- and blue-collar roles every day.
— Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 -
The Boarhog’s clientele skews blue-collar, enhancing its salt-of-the-earth appeal.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 June 2023 -
But the defining chapter of Weil’s life on the barricades was her stint as a blue-collar worker.
— Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024 -
And that would be bad news for the workers who rely on it, as well as the public officials who want to keep blue-collar jobs in the city.
— Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023 -
Gunslinger Spideys, dinosaur Spideys, blue-collar Spideys, proud-dad Spideys, and a few who are more spider than man pass through the frame.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023 -
These were blue-collar people, people looked down on them.
— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2024 -
The storm tore up the roof, causing water damage across Samari’s 635 units, home to retirees and blue-collar workers.
— Jean Eaglesham, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2023 -
Starmer comes from a blue-collar background but would also be the first prime minister since the 1950s to already have a knighthood.
— Alexander Smith, NBC News, 3 July 2024 -
So the jobs that will be the most challenged will be those that are routine and repetitive—and that includes both blue-collar and white-collar work.
— IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023 -
My past films tended to focus more on blue-collar workers.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023 -
Much like Young’s, LeBlanc’s lyrics on Coyote are blue-collar poetry that take flight on the wings of rock, country, and folk music.
— Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024 -
Some migrants find jobs in the informal economy or are paid cash to do blue-collar work.
— Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Why are the Heat always going for blue-collar players, over guys like Omer that have a higher ceiling?
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023 -
Six years into his blue-collar gig, dominoes began to fall.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024 -
In a blue-collar town where Spanish and English seamlessly mix, guns have long been a constant.
— María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 2 May 2023 -
Turns out, these blue-collar classics are still widely available, still priced right, and still solid deer guns.
— Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 4 July 2024 -
More than 25% of people in the city work in typically blue-collar service occupations, including hospitality jobs at the MGM casino in the area.
— Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024 -
But there was a newfound vitality happening elsewhere — in a then blue-collar but spirited neighborhood.
— Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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