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Recent Examples of ethnic
Additionally, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries had the right to vote in Hungarian elections and traditionally have voted overwhelmingly for Orbán's party.
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ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
The region has a robust mix of Muslim enclaves spanning a wide range of ethnic backgrounds.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Countless stories elucidate the ways perpetrators and those near them (whether in ethnic, religious or political communities) respond when girls and boys tell about abuse.
—Lynn Dewoskin Covarrubias, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the reasons behind this could be its highly diverse population consisting of thousands of ethnic groups and hundreds of languages, each with their own festivals.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
The region has a robust mix of Muslim enclaves spanning a wide range of ethnic backgrounds.
—Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Countless stories elucidate the ways perpetrators and those near them (whether in ethnic, religious or political communities) respond when girls and boys tell about abuse.
—Lynn Dewoskin Covarrubias, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the reasons behind this could be its highly diverse population consisting of thousands of ethnic groups and hundreds of languages, each with their own festivals.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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Part of the Republican administration’s preparations to celebrate the 250th anniversary have included putting pressure on federal institutions, including the Smithsonian, to tell a version of history that is less focused on discrimination and episodes of racial violence.—
Gary Fields,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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The museum also does not shy away from presenting one of the state's most infamous racial killings, that of Emmett Till.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 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 16 Apr. 2026.
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