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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Most everyone is familar with the white-collar jobs of accountants, bankers, marketing, and human resources.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
And the place to develop courtroom skills was the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which was looking to expand its white-collar fraud division.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Bay Area white-collar workers are spending about three days a week in the office, and survey results show most companies do not plan to mandate more days in the workplace, new data show.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Antar is a former accountant who was convicted of fraud related to the Crazy Eddie electronics chain and has since been involved in forensic accounting on other white-collar crime cases.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
And the place to develop courtroom skills was the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which was looking to expand its white-collar fraud division.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
Bay Area white-collar workers are spending about three days a week in the office, and survey results show most companies do not plan to mandate more days in the workplace, new data show.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Antar is a former accountant who was convicted of fraud related to the Crazy Eddie electronics chain and has since been involved in forensic accounting on other white-collar crime cases.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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“White-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-collar. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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