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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 Yet these women played a vital role in the fight to secure rights and protections for all people—regardless of race, gender, class, and nationality. Time, 22 Sep. 2025 To complete its analysis, InterNations surveyed more than 10,000 expats across 172 nationalities, examining expat life in 46 different countries. Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025 What Happens Next No further details were released about the passenger, including nationality or possible charges. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 Cultural events, festivals, research grants, and academic conferences have increasingly excluded Israelis simply because of their nationality. Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nationality
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Noun
  • Arizona has barred the consideration of race and ethnicity at state institutions for several years.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The app can help connect patients with volunteers who have the same cancer experience and similar background including diagnosis, location, race and ethnicity.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • A number of European nations have flagged new Russian threats in recent weeks.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But no one, at that time, knew the outcome of this long road toward the creation of a new nation that would be anything but a rainbow.
    Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Nationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationality. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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