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Recent Examples of ethnicity
No other identifying information about the man was available, including his name or race/ethnicity.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The unsecured information includes names, birthdays, places of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Earlier still, prior to Israel’s founding and to the time that partition became the vernacular of the day, some Arabs and Jews thought of a single, binational state with equal rights for all, irrespective of religion or ethnicity.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Justice Department officials argued the program provides an unconstitutional advantage based on race or ethnicity.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The unsecured information includes names, birthdays, places of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Earlier still, prior to Israel’s founding and to the time that partition became the vernacular of the day, some Arabs and Jews thought of a single, binational state with equal rights for all, irrespective of religion or ethnicity.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Justice Department officials argued the program provides an unconstitutional advantage based on race or ethnicity.
—Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
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Conducted annually since 2014, the study gathered insights from more than 10,000 expats representing 172 nationalities living in countries and territories worldwide.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Hastings says that the move to Miami will enable the festival to reach a true plurality of Latin demographics, avoiding the regional tendencies of both Southern California, where Mexican and Central American nationalities dominate culturally, and New York, which favors Caribbeans.—
Douglas Markowitz,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Last season’s winners Paris Saint-Germain had players from eight different nations in their starting line-up.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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What's Next The government faces steep socioeconomic and cultural headwinds that have frustrated other nations, and whether ending the two-child policy will make a significant difference on the trend remains uncertain.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Reynolds’s departure, which was announced earlier this year, sets up another high-stakes governor’s race, likely to draw a crowded GOP primary and give Democrats their first real shot at the governor’s mansion in nearly two decades.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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Enjoy wiener dog races, a biergarten, German food, stein hoist and lederhosen competitions and more.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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