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Recent Examples of ethnic
Its total membership now stands at more than 11,000, with 55% of the most recent invitees being international, with 41% identifying as women and 45% coming from underrepresented racial or ethnic communities.
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
Farber on Thursday sided with prosecutors, saying that the exceptions to that rule, improper outside influence, or racial or ethnic bias, didn’t factor into the jury’s decision.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Chicago Tribune also reported on the human toll of immigration enforcement, citing raids on Halloween, at hardware store parking lots, and inside ethnic communities.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
Ilam province is mainly home to the country’s Kurdish and Lur ethnic groups and faces severe economic hardship.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
Farber on Thursday sided with prosecutors, saying that the exceptions to that rule, improper outside influence, or racial or ethnic bias, didn’t factor into the jury’s decision.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Chicago Tribune also reported on the human toll of immigration enforcement, citing raids on Halloween, at hardware store parking lots, and inside ethnic communities.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 7 Jan. 2026
Ilam province is mainly home to the country’s Kurdish and Lur ethnic groups and faces severe economic hardship.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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According to the police report, officers witnessed the spitting on video, but not the use of racial slurs.—
Marissa Armas,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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For decades, the Jacksons have presented themselves as civil rights leaders and advocates for racial equity and justice.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 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 Jan. 2026.
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