ethnic minorities
plural noun
: people who belong to an ethnic group that is a relatively small part of a population
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In the days following the stabbing incident, riots erupted across the United Kingdom and ethnic minorities were targeted after misinformation spread online that the attacker was a migrant who came to the U.K. illegally.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Less than 25% of AI workers identify as racial or ethnic minorities.
—Dr. Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Through a series of intimate portraits, Feng explores some of the political communities and issues that have been most affected by Xi’s tenure: human rights lawyers, ethnic minorities, Hong Kongers, and the Chinese diaspora.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
About 50% of those listed are racial and ethnic minorities, compared with 41% of the overall federal workforce.
—USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Less than 25% of AI workers identify as racial or ethnic minorities.
—Dr. Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Through a series of intimate portraits, Feng explores some of the political communities and issues that have been most affected by Xi’s tenure: human rights lawyers, ethnic minorities, Hong Kongers, and the Chinese diaspora.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
About 50% of those listed are racial and ethnic minorities, compared with 41% of the overall federal workforce.
—USA Today, 7 Aug. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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