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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Now the working stiffs are white-collar people.
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
One student publicly apologized for stealing a Chinese AI model and passing it off as groundbreaking new research, and then went right to work at an AI start-up attempting to automate white-collar jobs.
—Theo Baker, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
Some businesses are boosting intern and new-grad hiring One bright spot for current students is that internship postings on ZipRecruiter are up 32% year-over-year, primarily in white-collar fields, despite concerns that AI is eliminating entry-level jobs.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The swift ascent of large language models — AI systems capable of performing a growing range of white-collar tasks — has caught many off guard.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
One student publicly apologized for stealing a Chinese AI model and passing it off as groundbreaking new research, and then went right to work at an AI start-up attempting to automate white-collar jobs.
—Theo Baker, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
Some businesses are boosting intern and new-grad hiring One bright spot for current students is that internship postings on ZipRecruiter are up 32% year-over-year, primarily in white-collar fields, despite concerns that AI is eliminating entry-level jobs.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
The swift ascent of large language models — AI systems capable of performing a growing range of white-collar tasks — has caught many off guard.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
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“White-collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-collar. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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