ethnic minorities
plural noun
: people who belong to an ethnic group that is a relatively small part of a population
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Many local businesses closed, while discriminatory practices such as redlining—in which financial services are withheld from neighborhoods that have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities—stymied new growth, and Nixon’s War on Drugs consumed generations of young men.
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Lauren O'Neill Butler
july 2, Literary Hub, 2 July 2025
Iranians are also religious and ethnic minorities in the wider world, and that has bred existential fears of foreign conquest.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Affordable housing, job opportunities like factory work and a strong network of Christian churches made Indianapolis especially attractive for Chin and other ethnic minorities.
—Sanvi Bangalore, NBC news, 22 June 2025
The staff of the U.S. Agency for International Development was majority women and nearly 40% racial and ethnic minorities before Trump all but eliminated it.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 4 June 2025
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Lauren O'Neill Butler
july 2, Literary Hub, 2 July 2025
Iranians are also religious and ethnic minorities in the wider world, and that has bred existential fears of foreign conquest.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Affordable housing, job opportunities like factory work and a strong network of Christian churches made Indianapolis especially attractive for Chin and other ethnic minorities.
—Sanvi Bangalore, NBC news, 22 June 2025
The staff of the U.S. Agency for International Development was majority women and nearly 40% racial and ethnic minorities before Trump all but eliminated it.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ethnic minorities
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“Ethnic minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20minorities. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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