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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But researchers have noted that baby boomers who worked white-collar jobs and don’t see a need to slow down make up a much larger portion of that workforce than ever.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
Dan Horwitz, a white-collar defense attorney who had a case later that day sat in nearby Foley Park.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
In 2021, when metaverse chatter reached a fever pitch, the idea was sometimes discussed as a replacement for the white-collar office in a world of remote work.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
But their law firms said no, a nod to the fact that the nation’s most prominent white-collar practices have no interest in taking on such a controversial and combative client as Trump.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
Christopher Conroy Conroy is a veteran prosecutor whose work on major white-collar crimes includes half a decade leading the D.A.'s Major Economic Crimes Bureau.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
Still, Diane Peress, a former white-collar criminal prosecutor who is an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said trying a case without a defendant in the courtroom could present challenges.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Now technology allows for working from home and more flexibility — for white-collar workers.
—Allison Schrager, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Despite booming employment gains, white-collar job growth slows Kids and families will have more access to these foods under WIC rules.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
Dan Horwitz, a white-collar defense attorney who had a case later that day sat in nearby Foley Park.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
In 2021, when metaverse chatter reached a fever pitch, the idea was sometimes discussed as a replacement for the white-collar office in a world of remote work.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
But their law firms said no, a nod to the fact that the nation’s most prominent white-collar practices have no interest in taking on such a controversial and combative client as Trump.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
Christopher Conroy Conroy is a veteran prosecutor whose work on major white-collar crimes includes half a decade leading the D.A.'s Major Economic Crimes Bureau.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
Still, Diane Peress, a former white-collar criminal prosecutor who is an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said trying a case without a defendant in the courtroom could present challenges.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Now technology allows for working from home and more flexibility — for white-collar workers.
—Allison Schrager, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
Despite booming employment gains, white-collar job growth slows Kids and families will have more access to these foods under WIC rules.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
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