building trades
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of building trades
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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That includes Liguori Academy, a high school that offers building trades training, and St. Francis de Sales, a Catholic elementary school.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
I was struck by the fact that a joint statement came out linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was working in the building trades, with graduate students who had been deported.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2025
And she suggests, it might be the way of the future when it comes to the building trades.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2024
Stollsteimer won reelection earlier this month by 22 percentage points, drawing support from unions for building trades and police.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023
Only about one-third of these boards deal with actual cases in any one year, the active boards being mainly connected with mining, iron and steel, engineering and shipbuilding, boot and shoe and building trades.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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