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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Because in a sea of mostly female fans, women hyped each other up, popped their booties in solidarity with each other and cheered people of every body type and ethnicity.
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Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2026
Cancelling grants and funding on the basis of DEI constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and other qualities, the organizations claimed.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
For decades, Asian American actors struggled to get jobs because they were not considered box office draws, said Nancy Wang Yuen, a professor at Crafton Hills College who studies race and ethnicity in film.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
For decades, Asian American actors struggled to get jobs because they were not considered box office draws, said Nancy Wang Yuen, a professor at Crafton Hills College who studies race and ethnicity in film.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2026
Cancelling grants and funding on the basis of DEI constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and other qualities, the organizations claimed.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
For decades, Asian American actors struggled to get jobs because they were not considered box office draws, said Nancy Wang Yuen, a professor at Crafton Hills College who studies race and ethnicity in film.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
For decades, Asian American actors struggled to get jobs because they were not considered box office draws, said Nancy Wang Yuen, a professor at Crafton Hills College who studies race and ethnicity in film.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
Noun
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Fourteen years later, Congress passed a Chinese Exclusion Act, the first time Congress enacted legislation limiting immigration based on race or nationality.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The nationality of the third was not specified.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Coordinator Luis Cortez says Brazil's program holds unique advantages unmatched by other nations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Brilliant, strong, visionary, a far different approach to governing as that nation’s first woman leader.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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