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Recent Examples of ethnic
Many of the school operators and recruiters were of Haitian descent or from the Caribbean and tapped into their ethnic communities for students.
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Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
The government of Kagame, whose party has ruled Rwanda since 1994, has tried to bridge ethnic divisions using legal means and other measures, and has been praised by many for presiding over relative peace and stability.
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ABC News,
15 June 2026
By 1960, as Black voters and office-seekers continued to endure poll taxes and brutal violence in the Jim Crow South, the English-literacy test in New York affected mainly Puerto Ricans, then the city’s poorest ethnic group.
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Robert Polner,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Yes, and despite current events, Britain is a pretty successful multi-ethnic democracy.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
The government of Kagame, whose party has ruled Rwanda since 1994, has tried to bridge ethnic divisions using legal means and other measures, and has been praised by many for presiding over relative peace and stability.
—
ABC News,
15 June 2026
By 1960, as Black voters and office-seekers continued to endure poll taxes and brutal violence in the Jim Crow South, the English-literacy test in New York affected mainly Puerto Ricans, then the city’s poorest ethnic group.
—
Robert Polner,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Yes, and despite current events, Britain is a pretty successful multi-ethnic democracy.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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Critics argued that the message of a White man elevated above both a Native American and an African symbolized racial superiority.
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The phenomenon persisted even after men moved to a different state, and the effects were stronger among men exposed to the experiences of their own racial group.
Adjective
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Genocide is defined as attempting to partly or wholly destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.
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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.
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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