multicultural
adjective
mul·ti·cul·tur·al
ˌməl-tē-ˈkəlch-rəl 
-ˌtī-,
-ˈkəl-chə-
: of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse cultures
a multicultural society
multicultural education
a multicultural menu
multiculturally
adverb
ˌməl-tē-ˈkəlch-rə-lē
-ˌtī-
-ˈkəl-chə-
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While London has become a world-class food city, its culinary prestige rests largely on the contributions of immigrant chefs and multicultural influences rather than the elevation of native British dishes.
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Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
Maxwell Street Market For more than 100 years, Maxwell Street Market was a bustling hub of vendors, food, and music that reflected the city’s multicultural community.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
Canada is a complicated place, living in the shadow of the U.S., proudly multicultural but aware of its assimilationist history, reckoning with colonial harms done to Indigenous peoples and called to the work of reconciliation.
—Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent for the three liberal justices that public schools expose children to different views in a multicultural society.
—Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
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Chris Reed, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
Maxwell Street Market For more than 100 years, Maxwell Street Market was a bustling hub of vendors, food, and music that reflected the city’s multicultural community.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
Canada is a complicated place, living in the shadow of the U.S., proudly multicultural but aware of its assimilationist history, reckoning with colonial harms done to Indigenous peoples and called to the work of reconciliation.
—Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent for the three liberal justices that public schools expose children to different views in a multicultural society.
—Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
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multicultural
adjective
mul·ti·cul·tur·al
ˌməl-ti-ˈkəlch-rəl
-ˌtī-
-ˌtī-
-ə-rəl
: of, relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse cultures
a multicultural society
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