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a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions a university with a student body of diverse ethnicities

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Recent Examples of ethnicity While the university system collects students' race and ethnicity, that information is used only for statistics and not for admissions, Zaentz said. Nadia Lopez, Axios, 29 Mar. 2025 Helping this process out, according to the police reports, was the brothel operators’ tendency to save customers in the phone as their first name, their ethnicity and their year of birth. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025 In August 2021, Nasdaq began requiring companies listed on its exchange to disclose board diversity statistics, including gender and race/ethnicity. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Wine can do the same by hiring influencers and content creators of various ethnicities to bring awareness, as well as partnering with artists, chefs, and creatives who resonate with younger, diverse audiences. Noel Burgess, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ethnicity
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Noun
  • Italian American Social Club of Central Florida: All nationalities are welcome.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Divided in three groups that changed every day, these women, of different ages, nationalities, roles, careers and musical genres, brought together their ideas, talent and passion to create a diverse array of songs, from ballad pop to merengue, dark-alternative pop and Mexican regional music.
    Natalia Cano, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Leger Fernández and others wrote to Trump and the Department of Homeland Security on Jan. 28 after receiving complaints from constituents and tribal nations that federal agents were pressing tribal citizens in New Mexico for their immigration status, raising concerns about racial profiling.
    Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The World Economic Forum pointed to only 22% of nations that have policies to manage AI’s labor market disruptions, risking systemic instability.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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  • Up and down pit road, many crew chiefs anticipated a race where tire conservation would be the primary difference between winning and losing.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • And then came the tweet that sparked a marketing race.
    Gary Occhiogrosso, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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