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Recent Examples of ethnic
Yet the Iranian government's domestic foes are composed of a diverse and largely fractured array of factions, including secular dissidents, militias organized along ethnic lines, Islamist militants and those seeking to restore a monarchy with ancient roots.
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Barney Henderson
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Most Iranians are from the Persian ethnic group and speak Farsi or Persian, an Indo-Iranian language common in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and several other countries.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 June 2025
In the late sixties, academia answered to the demands of radical social movements, in part, through the establishing of an ethnic studies program, which attracted nonwhite students.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
For instance, our research has found that students of color are more likely to seek psychological help when there are therapists on staff from the same ethnic or racial background.
—Jeffrey A. Hayes, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
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Barney Henderson
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Most Iranians are from the Persian ethnic group and speak Farsi or Persian, an Indo-Iranian language common in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and several other countries.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 June 2025
In the late sixties, academia answered to the demands of radical social movements, in part, through the establishing of an ethnic studies program, which attracted nonwhite students.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
For instance, our research has found that students of color are more likely to seek psychological help when there are therapists on staff from the same ethnic or racial background.
—Jeffrey A. Hayes, The Conversation, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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But the racial order of the day also made these jobs, which were physically challenging to begin with, especially demeaning, humiliating, and fraught with danger.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 June 2025
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California Fears of racial profiling rise as Border Patrol conducts ‘roving patrols,’ detains U.S. citizens June 15, 2025 Many of the workers were registered with IDEPSCA’s day laborer program.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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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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Pippa Small Getty ImagesJeff Spicer/BFC Meghan's support for ethnical clothing labels naturally extends to her jewelry collection.—
Marina Liao,
Marie Claire,
2 Jan. 2019
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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