1
: of, relating to, or based on a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
a racial minority
2
: existing or occurring between races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
racial equality
Examples of racial in a Sentence
What is your racial identity?
There was racial tension on campus.
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While attorneys on both sides maintained that race played no role in the incident, social media users highlighted the racial backgrounds of the two students.
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Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2026
These housing communities were largely underfunded, poorly maintained and often exacerbated issues of racial and economic segregation in American cities.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
And that prompted a kind of reckoning within the British state about policing and racial discrimination and so on.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
The mild-mannered married dad of two young adult children ticks off a laundry list of advocacy and policy achievements, especially affordable housing, tenants and workers rights, racial justice and improving public schools, like the ones his kids attended in Park Slope.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
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Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2026
These housing communities were largely underfunded, poorly maintained and often exacerbated issues of racial and economic segregation in American cities.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
And that prompted a kind of reckoning within the British state about policing and racial discrimination and so on.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
The mild-mannered married dad of two young adult children ticks off a laundry list of advocacy and policy achievements, especially affordable housing, tenants and workers rights, racial justice and improving public schools, like the ones his kids attended in Park Slope.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
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“Racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racial. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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racial
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ra·cial
ˈrā-shəl 
: of, relating to, or based on a race
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