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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Ghislaine Maxwell has been quietly moved from a federal institute in Tallahassee to a minimum security prison in Texas for white-collar female criminals.
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Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
As unemployment climbs and AI wipes out white-collar jobs, Walmart is dangling six-figure salaries and luxury perks to lure tech workers.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
The city already is seeing substantial reductions in its white-collar workforce, statistics show, a trend that surely exacerbates municipal revenue challenges and too much of the time keeps downtown Chicago something close to a dead zone.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
That’s why California consistently fills juries with retirees or people who work white-collar jobs or who can afford to go without pay.
—Denise Amos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
As unemployment climbs and AI wipes out white-collar jobs, Walmart is dangling six-figure salaries and luxury perks to lure tech workers.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
The city already is seeing substantial reductions in its white-collar workforce, statistics show, a trend that surely exacerbates municipal revenue challenges and too much of the time keeps downtown Chicago something close to a dead zone.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
That’s why California consistently fills juries with retirees or people who work white-collar jobs or who can afford to go without pay.
—Denise Amos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
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“White-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-collar. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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