How to Use non-white in a Sentence
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The stops have also been found to affect non-white drivers at higher rates.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2024
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Two of these men are models, one of them is a footy player, and only one of them comes from a non-white background, with Cortes hailing from Brazil.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 6 Dec. 2023
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O’Brien had instructed them all to throw out data from non-white women.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 19 July 2023
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For the most part, there weren't enough non-white Republicans to see whether these trends are occurring in that party as well.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
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Overall, Democratic ranks are now 44% non-white, up from 23% in Clinton’s day.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
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This limits the chances of finding a donor, especially for non-white patients.
—WIRED, 27 July 2023
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In turn, that means non-repayment has been getting worse for non-white borrowers.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 27 June 2023
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Rivera’s rise, as a non-white leading lady charged with carrying a show and filling seats, was improbable to say the least.
—Vogue, 30 Jan. 2024
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Shackleford would become the city's first Black, first female, and first non-white mayor, something which she's said is long overdue.
—Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
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Anybody who is non-white breaks his face into a grotesque grin, accentuated by the creepy makeup.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
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For example, the number of non-white and female students taking the AP computer science exam is on the rise.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2024
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Ocean was part of the first entirely non-white lineup of headliners in the festival's history.
—CBS News, 19 Apr. 2023
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What better way to honor our non-white ancestors than to choose something from the Algonquin language?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
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There is also insufficient training for physicians about how to spot cancers on non-white skin.
—Jamie Ducharme, Time, 11 July 2023
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Lizzo’s production team is made up of a lot of white people in that mid-manager role and the dancers are non-white, which already asserts a kind of race dynamic at play.
—Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
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Share [Findings] Drivers of fancy cars yield to pedestrians less often than drivers of humble cars, and still less if the pedestrians are non-white men.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
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Instead, the senator, who has struggled so far to gain traction in the polls, is pitching himself as a non-white candidate who agrees with the issues that motivates the GOP base, Brown said.
—Averi Harper, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
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The show intends to be a character study, a look into how people process trauma, and to create a conversation around race; the series looks at the death of a white woman in a non-white country.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
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Such research also hasn’t been done for other non-white populations.
—Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 July 2023
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Darjeeling doesn’t do right by most of its non-white characters, but in her brief scenes, Karan sketches an intriguing and beguiling woman.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
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This reliance on non-white votes is especially important in the ultra-close swing states that decide the presidency.
—Henry Olsen, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
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The billionaire has also been criticized for claiming that Boeing’s issues with the 737 Max 9 were caused by hiring too many non-white pilots and factory workers.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
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The billionaire has also been criticized for claiming that Boeing’s issues with the 737 Max 9 were caused by hiring too many non-white pilots and factory workers.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
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And locations with a diverse non-white population (instead of a concentrated racial or ethnic group) tend to score better, Langston says.
—USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
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Cumberland Sauce, one of our best ham glaze recipes, is a popular British condiment that's delicious on most meats, but especially non-white meats like ham, lamb, venison, or any other game meat.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
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Even non-white countries understand that.
—Elie Mystal, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
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And being the rare non-white team was its own catalyst for comparison.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
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Consider low funding levels for non-white schools.
—Nina Stachenfeld, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2025
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Applicants most be non-white or of Latin descent, and demonstrate financial need.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
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Progressive language and policies meant to win those non-white voters simply didn’t work.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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