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Recent Examples of ethnic
Death rates were higher for men than women, for older adults, and for Black Americans compared with other racial and ethnic groups.
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Pien Huang, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Egyptian influencers linked to intelligence fronts launched vicious personal attacks, including ethnic slurs, against the Saudi royal family and graphic insults targeting the crown prince.
—Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
According to Reuters, the territory is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but the inhabitants in Nagorno-Karabakh were predominantly ethnic Armenians.
—Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The report also found that death rates decreased from 2023 to 2024 among all racial/ethnic groups.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Pien Huang, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Egyptian influencers linked to intelligence fronts launched vicious personal attacks, including ethnic slurs, against the Saudi royal family and graphic insults targeting the crown prince.
—Khaled Hassan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
According to Reuters, the territory is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but the inhabitants in Nagorno-Karabakh were predominantly ethnic Armenians.
—Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The report also found that death rates decreased from 2023 to 2024 among all racial/ethnic groups.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
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Lisa Lake/Getty Images for MoveOn Ben & Jerry's has become known for more than its ice cream, garnering publicity for championing a number of social causes relating to climate change, racial justice and immigration.—
Hugh Cameron
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Attiah then suggested that her firing was just another part of a racial purge.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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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 18 Sep. 2025.
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