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Recent Examples of ethnic
Some outlets have depicted the flag as symbolizing ethnic pride, solidarity with immigrants and opposition to the Trump administration.
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Loren Collingwood, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Bovino showed many photos of churches, representing a variety of Christian denominations — First Reformed Dutch, Lutheran, Methodist, Evangelical, Baptist and related ethnic groups.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
The executions, carried out by hanging in the northwestern city of Urmia, targeted Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei, and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul—ethnic Kurds accused of aiding the Israeli Mossad in the 2020 assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent nuclear scientist.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 June 2025
The Council noted that racial and ethnic differences to the question were small.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Loren Collingwood, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Bovino showed many photos of churches, representing a variety of Christian denominations — First Reformed Dutch, Lutheran, Methodist, Evangelical, Baptist and related ethnic groups.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
The executions, carried out by hanging in the northwestern city of Urmia, targeted Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei, and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul—ethnic Kurds accused of aiding the Israeli Mossad in the 2020 assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent nuclear scientist.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 June 2025
The Council noted that racial and ethnic differences to the question were small.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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From the ambient rhythm of Poems by my great Grandmother, to textual allusions drawn from Bob Marley’s War—itself a reinterpretation of Haile Selassie’s historic speech against racial injustice—Mutu weaves a multi-sensory tapestry of resistance and remembrance.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The racial profiling in the ICE raids has been beyond doubt, striking fear in millions of the brown-skinned and netting some U.S. citizens.—
Thomas Elias,
Oc Register,
27 June 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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Pippa Small Getty ImagesJeff Spicer/BFC Meghan's support for ethnical clothing labels naturally extends to her jewelry collection.—
Marina Liao,
Marie Claire,
2 Jan. 2019
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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