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
The building trades have been traditionally sort of conservative.
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
The fairness of the convention, and the justness of the principles enunciated, stimulated the leaders to renewed efforts to widen the breach between the employes and the employers 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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