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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Severity of 23andMe data breach unlike others While not the largest data breach in history, unlike other financial and identity data breaches that could be mitigated, genetic and ancestry data - including health information, DNA profiles, ethnicity and family tree details - cannot be replaced.
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026
From churches to synagogues, mosques to grocery stores, extremists have targeted innocent people because of race, religion, ethnicity, or identity.
—Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Hajj brings together large numbers of Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and socioeconomic classes, creating a sense of unity for many.
—Baraa Anwer, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Hajj brings together large numbers of Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and economic classes, creating a sense of unity for many.
—Mariam Fam, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2026
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026
From churches to synagogues, mosques to grocery stores, extremists have targeted innocent people because of race, religion, ethnicity, or identity.
—Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Hajj brings together large numbers of Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and socioeconomic classes, creating a sense of unity for many.
—Baraa Anwer, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
Hajj brings together large numbers of Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and economic classes, creating a sense of unity for many.
—Mariam Fam, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
Noun
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The resistance to Jokic was never really about nationality.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Its academy features more than 600 players of more than 80 nationalities.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The Central Asian nation’s home base will be at Atlanta United’s training facility in Marietta.—
Amna Subhan,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
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The strongest quake to strike the Philippines this year was centered at sea about 8 miles southwest of General Santos, a city of more than 700,000 people that is a hub for tuna processing and other commerce in the southern Mindanao region of the archipelago nation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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