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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 Many of the countries that rank highly offer a path to permanent citizenship, allowed dual nationality, and permit holders to bring their children and parents. Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 Unlike the actual World Cup which will also take place in the United States next year, this was about clubs—which means regional style that goes well beyond nationality. Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 July 2025 Three people also were killed during the hourslong attack on the ship, the EU force said, and their nationalities were not immediately known. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 10 July 2025 The travel ban may lead to other sports teams, players, or athletes being denied visas for the U.S., depending on their nationality. Dan Gooding hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for nationality
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  • The organization’s data showed that drowning rates are rising too, with already at-risk groups like young children and seniors of all races and ethnicities, as well as Black people of all ages, seeing the greatest increase in deaths.
    Sophie Kaufman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Those decreases diverge sharply by race and ethnicity.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • By 2009, however, the numbers started to turn, thanks to offshore drilling and new fracking technology, until U.S. crude oil output surpassed not just the country’s 1970 peak but that of every other crude-pumping nation throughout all of history.
    Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
  • And disappear it from membership in a community of nations built around even a flawed decency?
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Nationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationality. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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