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Recent Examples of ethnicity
The Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown in Xinjiang starting in 2017, sweeping a million or more Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other predominantly Muslim ethnicities into prisons and internment camps.
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ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation also broke down banking access by race and ethnicity.
—Hali Smith
april 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2026
Folks of various ethnicities were encouraged to apply, particularly people who are white, Chinese, Hispanic or Indigenous.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The authors of social capital are individuals of good will and good character, no matter their age, religion, race, ethnicity, gender orientation.
—Stephen B. Young, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation also broke down banking access by race and ethnicity.
—Hali Smith
april 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2026
Folks of various ethnicities were encouraged to apply, particularly people who are white, Chinese, Hispanic or Indigenous.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The authors of social capital are individuals of good will and good character, no matter their age, religion, race, ethnicity, gender orientation.
—Stephen B. Young, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ethnicity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
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Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old of dual British-Pakistani nationality who cannot be named because of his age, all from east London, were charged with arson and taken into custody in connection with that incident.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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In addition to Haitians, immigrants from at least 17 nationalities—including Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and Hondurans—have faced uncertainty over their legal status.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Starting now, work with other nations on a collective-action problem.—
Charles Yu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Although in 2015, nearly 200 nations signed the Paris Agreement to curb emissions and limit global warming, progress still falls short of climate targets.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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