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Recent Examples of ethnic
The study also revealed differences across racial and ethnic lines.
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Addis and Zbur first introduced a different bill, AB 1468, which would have created an ethnic studies curriculum for public schools, something mandated by a 2021 law.
—Kate Wolffe
october 7, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
More young people are coming to the mountains, including more women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
The skull wears a satroka bucket hat, worn by Madagascar's Betsileo ethnic group.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Addis and Zbur first introduced a different bill, AB 1468, which would have created an ethnic studies curriculum for public schools, something mandated by a 2021 law.
—Kate Wolffe
october 7, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
More young people are coming to the mountains, including more women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
The skull wears a satroka bucket hat, worn by Madagascar's Betsileo ethnic group.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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What began as a political slogan became a 50-year campaign of punishment in Black communities, carried out through surveillance, racial profiling, stop-and-frisk, and the rise of specialized police task forces.—
Josiah Bates,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, is this a book about racial trauma?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Genocide is defined as attempting to partly or wholly destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Ellie Cook
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2022
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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