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a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions New York City may have more nationalities than any other metropolis in the world

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Recent Examples of nationality The department confirmed the residents inside the home are not of Palestinian nationality. Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025 In 2021, el-Fattah received British citizenship, through Soueif’s nationality. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025 Italian American Social Club of Central Florida: All nationalities are welcome. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025 But last year, Indian artists saw the largest surge in demand of any nationality, according to art broker Artsy. Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nationality
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Noun
  • Soliman is also charged in federal court with a hate crime related to him targeting the group because of their religion or ethnicity.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 June 2025
  • Published in the mid two-thousands, the book also shows what happened when immigrant groups were eventually allowed to move into these white-only areas after the towns’ populations had dwindled—and how other ethnicities triangulated themselves from the dichotomy of white and Black.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
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  • One key problem is that while the secretary-general is the U.N.'s chief executive, power rests with the 193 member nations, which have very different ideas about the U.N. and the world.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2025
  • This change comes at a time when Syria and Israel are engaged in direct talks as Reuters revealed on Tuesday, marking a dramatic departure from the decades-long hostility between the two nations.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025

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“Nationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationality. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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