How to Use South Asian in a Sentence
South Asian
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The South Asian country is home to a number of shark species.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Nowak was white, and his killer was of a Sikh, South Asian background.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
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The booming market for South Asian art has been flooded with forgeries.
—News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026
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The South Asian country is also facing the risk of El Niño this year.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 13 July 2026
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People of Black and South Asian descent tend to have higher levels.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 4 May 2026
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The Diwali name and festive percussion gave the song a faintly South Asian vibe.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
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Malsons has emerged as one of the most influential indies in South Asian music.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 June 2026
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These have been found to typically be most prevalent among African and South Asian nations.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
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Bass is the first Black woman to hold the post, and Raman could be the first South Asian woman in the job.
—Michael R. Blood, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
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Being South Asian-American is a whole other identity that is its own thing.
—Brianna J. Heath, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
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Today, the two South Asian neighbors remain on high alert amid tit-for-tat threats and reports that both sides are preparing for more war.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
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Growing with it is a large South Asian population in Cary and Morrisville.
—Shindy Chen, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
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Christie’s is not the only auction house courting the South Asian market with exhibitions.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
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And the show is also meant to be kind of a real love letter to the South Asian communities of London.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
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Although Oberon did not win, decades later she would be acknowledged as a forerunner among South Asian actors.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
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Nadar herself, who has continued to grow the museum into one of the most important nodes in the South Asian art ecosystem.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
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Most of the students were darkly complected and apparently of South Asian heritage.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
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It is mainly grown in Middle Eastern, South Asian and Mediterranean countries.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
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Students said the cohort of South Asian students at the football game happened partially by happenstance.
—Texas Tribune, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
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The South Asian street food is usually savory, but Cho has transformed it into a sweet treat with hazelnut praline and dark chocolate milk.
—Connie Ogle july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
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The South Asian nation has consistently called for dialogue and diplomacy rather than taking sides.
—ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
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The weather office in the South Asian nation's capital, Dhaka, forecast more rain in the coming days.
—ABC News, 8 July 2026
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Vij was named the city’s next commissioner in February, becoming the first person of South Asian descent to hold the role.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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The two co-founders bring complementary backgrounds in streaming and South Asian cinema scholarship.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 May 2026
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There’s a movie version set in London’s South Asian community starring Riz Ahmed.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
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For more than 20 years, the nonprofit Tasveer has worked to give South Asian storytellers a platform in film, art and other media.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
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Holi is observed in India and other South Asian countries and in South Asian communities all over the world.
—Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2026
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In doing so, Ali and Shaikh became the first two South Asian actors to make the show’s celebrity cameo appearance together.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 1 June 2026
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Many of these foreign tourists were religious pilgrims, especially among the South Asian diaspora scattered around the world.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
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At just 34 years old, Mamdani became the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor in 2025.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
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