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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Cal State said under the subpoena, CSU LA was legally obligated to provide employees’ names, gender, race/ethnicity, position title, work site, preferred personal phone number and personal email address, among other information.
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Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
The crowd — a mix of young people, couples, LGBTQ+ followers and fans from diverse ethnicities — seemingly knew every lyric as Uchis’ velvety voice floated effortlessly through her bilingual anthems.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Studies that compare genetic variation between pairs of siblings have been able to better control for socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as parenting practices and ethnicities; in these studies, the direct effects of DNA on IQ look even smaller, still with no hint of a biological mechanism.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
This echoes the Supreme Court’s decision in 2023, which narrowed how colleges can consider race and ethnicity in admissions.
—Joseph Morales, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
The crowd — a mix of young people, couples, LGBTQ+ followers and fans from diverse ethnicities — seemingly knew every lyric as Uchis’ velvety voice floated effortlessly through her bilingual anthems.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Studies that compare genetic variation between pairs of siblings have been able to better control for socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as parenting practices and ethnicities; in these studies, the direct effects of DNA on IQ look even smaller, still with no hint of a biological mechanism.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
This echoes the Supreme Court’s decision in 2023, which narrowed how colleges can consider race and ethnicity in admissions.
—Joseph Morales, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
Noun
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The nationalities and the identities of the foreign climbers still missing have not yet been confirmed, but Mahato said the group included climbers from France, Canada and Italy.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Their nationalities and identities have not been disclosed.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The conflict has been largely concentrated in Nigeria's northeast, with frequent spillover into other provinces and across the borders of neighboring nations, particularly Cameroon, Chad and Niger.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Protests broke out in the East African nation during and after the vote last Wednesday as demonstrators voiced outrage over the exclusion of Hassan’s main rivals.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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