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According to McKinsey, construction and manufacturing companies in the U.S. are competing for a dwindling supply of skilled craftsmen, or tradespeople like carpenters, masons, electricians, welders, and plumbers.
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Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Nexstar is on a mission to help the world’s best tradespeople become the world’s best businesspeople.
—Julian Scadden, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
His family lived within 15 miles of each other, all skilled tradespeople: plumbers, carpenters, bricklayers.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 June 2025
But verticals are the work of outsiders: a parallel industry of recent film-school graduates, underemployed tradespeople, and creative laborers who have yet to meet the requirements for membership in Hollywood’s various powerful unions.
—Joshua Hunt, Vulture, 5 June 2025
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Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Nexstar is on a mission to help the world’s best tradespeople become the world’s best businesspeople.
—Julian Scadden, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
His family lived within 15 miles of each other, all skilled tradespeople: plumbers, carpenters, bricklayers.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 June 2025
But verticals are the work of outsiders: a parallel industry of recent film-school graduates, underemployed tradespeople, and creative laborers who have yet to meet the requirements for membership in Hollywood’s various powerful unions.
—Joshua Hunt, Vulture, 5 June 2025
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“Tradespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tradespeople. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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tradespeople
plural noun
trades·peo·ple
-ˌpē-pəl 
: people engaged in trade
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