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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Elsewhere, in Hartford, Connecticut, PLF challenged a decades-old desegregation settlement that prevented racial and ethnic minority kids from attending high-quality magnet schools in their own neighborhood.
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Alison Somin, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
Major disparities in prescription rates run across racial, economic and geographic boundaries, April 2025 research found, even to the point some Americans are cooking their own GLP-1 drugs at home to cut costs.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
And researchers said there is often a history of racial violence behind such geographic features.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
The legislation follows a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
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Alison Somin, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
Major disparities in prescription rates run across racial, economic and geographic boundaries, April 2025 research found, even to the point some Americans are cooking their own GLP-1 drugs at home to cut costs.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
And researchers said there is often a history of racial violence behind such geographic features.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
The legislation follows a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racial. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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racial
adjective
ra·cial
ˈrā-shəl 
: of, relating to, or based on a race
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