non-Hispanic
adjective
non-His·pan·ic
ˌnän-hi-ˈspa-nik 
: not Hispanic
non-Hispanic white voters
non-Hispanic
noun
Examples of non-Hispanic in a Sentence
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More than half of faculty employed at a California community college are white non-Hispanic.
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Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Apr. 2024
The negative trends for rural non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native people were especially pronounced.
—Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
In 2020, Trump won voters who were 65 or older by 11 points and non-Hispanic white voters by about 13 points.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
While Latino voter turnout is improving, in 2020 more than three-quarters of non-Hispanic white Americans voted, compared with just under 54% for Latinos, according to researchers at the City University of New York.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
Seniors are more likely than ever to be Black or Hispanic, and those populations are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to leave a will.
—USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
The money will fund the first large-scale study of the biology of Alzheimer’s disease in the three largest racial and ethnic groups in the U.S: African Americans, Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic white Americans.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
All participants were at least 20 years old, around half were men, and 73 percent self-identified as non-Hispanic white adults.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
For instance, for many years, the rates of colorectal cancer diagnoses were highest among non-Hispanic Black people, but research shows that these cancers increased more among non-Hispanic white people in the 1990s and early 2000s, Dr. Murphy said.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 10 Apr. 2024
The negative trends for rural non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native people were especially pronounced.
—Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
In 2020, Trump won voters who were 65 or older by 11 points and non-Hispanic white voters by about 13 points.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
While Latino voter turnout is improving, in 2020 more than three-quarters of non-Hispanic white Americans voted, compared with just under 54% for Latinos, according to researchers at the City University of New York.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
Seniors are more likely than ever to be Black or Hispanic, and those populations are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to leave a will.
—USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
The money will fund the first large-scale study of the biology of Alzheimer’s disease in the three largest racial and ethnic groups in the U.S: African Americans, Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic white Americans.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
All participants were at least 20 years old, around half were men, and 73 percent self-identified as non-Hispanic white adults.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
For instance, for many years, the rates of colorectal cancer diagnoses were highest among non-Hispanic Black people, but research shows that these cancers increased more among non-Hispanic white people in the 1990s and early 2000s, Dr. Murphy said.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Non-Hispanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-Hispanic. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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