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Recent Examples of ethnic
That federal expansion provided up to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 for children ages 6 through 17, and researchers linked it to a sharp drop in child poverty and reduced hardship across racial and ethnic groups.
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Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Mikhail An, known as Misha, was a Soviet international of Korean ethnic origin.
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Colin Millar,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Violent political unrest in Myanmar following the military takeover in 2021 — which has led into a civil war between the military government and its pro-democracy opponents, as well as ethnic armed groups — has caused an increase in drug production, according to experts.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Recent history recalls plans to partition Iraq into ethnic substates.
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David Armitage,
Washington Post,
26 June 2026
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Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Mikhail An, known as Misha, was a Soviet international of Korean ethnic origin.
—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Violent political unrest in Myanmar following the military takeover in 2021 — which has led into a civil war between the military government and its pro-democracy opponents, as well as ethnic armed groups — has caused an increase in drug production, according to experts.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Recent history recalls plans to partition Iraq into ethnic substates.
—
David Armitage,
Washington Post,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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Why did the court look at that and say, this is not racial animus?
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In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa.
Adjective
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Genocide is defined as attempting to partly or wholly destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.
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The United Nations broadly defines genocide as seriously harming or killing members of a group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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