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
Five unions — including school clerical workers, plant and cafeteria managers, building trades and school police — settled their contracts previously.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 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
It was not alone in the building trades, however, that these fine things were accomplished.
From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.
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