How to Use ethnic group in a Sentence

ethnic group

noun
  • Asian students have the highest average score for any ethnic group, followed by white students.
    — Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Everyone who came to the bike shop was Fulani, an ethnic group of Black Africans who speak the language Pular.
    — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The situation is grim on its own, given the complexity of Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation and the home to dozens of different ethnic groups.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Some research has found racial disparities in tenure and promotion outcomes, although those disparities vary considerably by discipline, school, gender and racial or ethnic group.
    — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The fighting involved armed youths from the Pakam community in Rumbek North County fighting against armed youths of the Nyang community in Rumbek Central County, both part of the Dinka ethnic group.
    — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Vietnam has long faced criticism from rights groups for its treatment of the Montagnard minority, a term broadly used to refer to several predominantly Christian ethnic groups living in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and neighboring Cambodia.
    — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

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