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Recent Examples of ethnic
In the absence of ethnic studies, groups like Radical Monarchs help bridge the lack of racial diversity and cultural competency in schools.
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Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
That not everyone is willing to support someone of his ethnic background in the role becomes clear, though, when a pig’s head is thrown through a window in their home.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Israel is the Middle East’s only democracy and the region’s only country that protects the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and ethnic and religious minorities.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
There are people who said that my mom had bewitched my father, because my mother is from a different ethnic community from my dad.
—Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
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Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
That not everyone is willing to support someone of his ethnic background in the role becomes clear, though, when a pig’s head is thrown through a window in their home.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Israel is the Middle East’s only democracy and the region’s only country that protects the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and ethnic and religious minorities.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
There are people who said that my mom had bewitched my father, because my mother is from a different ethnic community from my dad.
—Marc Silver, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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Respondents broke along racial and ethnic lines as well.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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What makes this letter particularly puzzling is the open court case that accuses the NFL of racial discrimination.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Genocide is defined as attempting to partly or wholly destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Ellie Cook
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United Nations broadly defines genocide as seriously harming or killing members of a group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2022
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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