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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Last year, a study that examined death records from 2000 to 2021 pinpointed large disparities in life expectancy based on location, as well as race and ethnicity.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
Although not universal, the data also shows some variations by race and ethnicity.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Because her role was written without a specific ethnicity or cultural background attached, Gladstone saw an opportunity when suggesting a new name for her character: Lee.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Tarrant County Commissioner Precincts by Race and Ethnicity This map shows Esri’s 2024 population estimates by commissioner precinct, broken down by race and ethnicity.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
Although not universal, the data also shows some variations by race and ethnicity.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Because her role was written without a specific ethnicity or cultural background attached, Gladstone saw an opportunity when suggesting a new name for her character: Lee.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Tarrant County Commissioner Precincts by Race and Ethnicity This map shows Esri’s 2024 population estimates by commissioner precinct, broken down by race and ethnicity.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
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Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was born in Chicago and has dual Peruvian-American nationality after spending much of his career working there.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Francis consistently reaffirmed the importance of diversity, dismissing the idea that nationality or geography should determine a person's standing within the Catholic Church.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Per capita pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. is 2.3 times larger than the spending levels in the average OECD nation.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Co-directed by Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano, and Jennifer Wickham, the docu captures the Wet’suwet’en nation’s right to stewardship and sovereignty over their territories.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 May 2025
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According to the suit, Miller had also raised concerns about Spitzer’s handling of the D.A.’s office, including worries that Spitzer had violated the Racial Justice Act by bringing up questions of race while trying to determine whether or not to seek the death penalty against a Black defendant.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Disputed claims of 'genocide' in South Africa Genocide is defined in the Genocide Convention, an international treaty that criminalizes genocide, as the killing of members of a group because of their race, religion or national origin, as in the Holocaust.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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