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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The history of the Glass House Ford's current world headquarters, the Glass House, is the sixth building to house the company's skilled white-collar workforce and executives in Ford's 122-year history.
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Powell himself has previously weighed in on the AI jobs debate, which saw predictions of a 50% wipeout of white-collar jobs and a fourth industrial revolution creating a bounty of new positions, by staking out a middle position.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
In May, Amodei warned that the AI tools that Anthropic and other companies are racing to build could eliminate half of entry-level, white-collar jobs and boost unemployment to as much as 20% in the next one to five years.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Artificial intelligence and robotics are redefining both blue-collar and white-collar work.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Powell himself has previously weighed in on the AI jobs debate, which saw predictions of a 50% wipeout of white-collar jobs and a fourth industrial revolution creating a bounty of new positions, by staking out a middle position.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
In May, Amodei warned that the AI tools that Anthropic and other companies are racing to build could eliminate half of entry-level, white-collar jobs and boost unemployment to as much as 20% in the next one to five years.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Artificial intelligence and robotics are redefining both blue-collar and white-collar work.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“White-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-collar. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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