building trades
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of building trades
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Many of the jobs and sectors boasting the highest pay growth now are in construction, the building trades, engineering and energy, according to payroll providers and pay-data businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
In effect, the Council became an offensive and defensive body, the principal business of which was to take advantage of every employer in the building trades.
From 30,000 Locked Out. The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago. by Beeks, James C.
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