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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Even Target’s decision to use money saved by white-collar job cuts to boost pay for store workers is copied from Walmart, which pivoted faster to digital sales and boosted wages under the protection of its billionaire family, the Waltons.
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
But for those still on the white-collar track, other tech leaders have similarly highlighted the importance of soft skills.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
Dallas’ large professional and business services sector, which includes white-collar jobs such as accountants and lawyers, also took a hit, along with its education and health sectors.
—Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Pumping high-achieving students into the graduate-school-to-white-collar pipeline made Yang question a system that concentrates the best and brightest in a handful of cities and professions.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
But for those still on the white-collar track, other tech leaders have similarly highlighted the importance of soft skills.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
Dallas’ large professional and business services sector, which includes white-collar jobs such as accountants and lawyers, also took a hit, along with its education and health sectors.
—Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Pumping high-achieving students into the graduate-school-to-white-collar pipeline made Yang question a system that concentrates the best and brightest in a handful of cities and professions.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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“White-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-collar. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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