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as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the last descendent of a race of kings
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as in nations
a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions
Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race
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as in speeds
to proceed or move quickly
was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India
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Recent Examples of races
Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
The film was very much an authorized project, with director Joseph Kosinski and his crew filming at several races and F1’s (and its corporate sponsors’) branding visible throughout the film.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Two governors' races dominate this upcoming off-cycle Election Day, as Democrats hope to cling to power in the Garden State and flip control from Republicans in Virginia, as both incumbents are term-limited.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
Thomas has been the subject of global scrutiny after winning a host of NCAA women’s races, triggering an outcry from those who thought she – as a transgender woman – held an unfair advantage over her competitors.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
McLaren wrapped up the 2025 constructors’ championship in Singapore, leaving only the drivers’ title to play for through the final six races of the 2025 season.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
While Virginia has typically leaned Democratic in recent national contests—with the exception of 2024—statewide races remain closely contested.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Quinn Glabicki | Reuters Spirit Airlines won approval for a $475 million lifeline and a $150 million payment from its biggest aircraft lessor in court on Friday, as the struggling budget airline races to stabilize itself after its second bankruptcy since November.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google As SpaceX races to dominate satellite-to-phone services, Verizon is doubling down on rival AST SpaceMobile instead.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Shipments began Saturday to five states as the government races to prevent more deaths.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
While the movie easily races from one scene to another at a break-neck pace, behind the scenes, the local production work was a massive undertaking, bringing together public officials from multiple city, county and federal agencies.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
RDREs use a detonation wave that races around a circular channel, which produces short, high-pressure bursts that drive up thrust and efficiency.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Tasked with solving Jareth’s labyrinth to secure Toby’s safety, Sarah races against time to defeat the goblin’s trickster army.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2025
And as the country races toward an election, politics and contemporary issues will also be front and center.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
As the world races to decarbonize, clean energy storage is becoming the central challenge.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
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Economic impact The Big Sugar Gravel and Little Sugar Mountain Bike races together brought 7,200 visitor trips to Northwest Arkansas in 2024, according to a study published by Daniel Larson of the University of Oklahoma Department of Health and Exercise Science.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
The film was very much an authorized project, with director Joseph Kosinski and his crew filming at several races and F1’s (and its corporate sponsors’) branding visible throughout the film.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Two governors' races dominate this upcoming off-cycle Election Day, as Democrats hope to cling to power in the Garden State and flip control from Republicans in Virginia, as both incumbents are term-limited.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
Thomas has been the subject of global scrutiny after winning a host of NCAA women’s races, triggering an outcry from those who thought she – as a transgender woman – held an unfair advantage over her competitors.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
McLaren wrapped up the 2025 constructors’ championship in Singapore, leaving only the drivers’ title to play for through the final six races of the 2025 season.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
While Virginia has typically leaned Democratic in recent national contests—with the exception of 2024—statewide races remain closely contested.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Quinn Glabicki | Reuters Spirit Airlines won approval for a $475 million lifeline and a $150 million payment from its biggest aircraft lessor in court on Friday, as the struggling budget airline races to stabilize itself after its second bankruptcy since November.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
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As the science races forward, the number of type 1 diabetes cases is surging.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google As SpaceX races to dominate satellite-to-phone services, Verizon is doubling down on rival AST SpaceMobile instead.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Shipments began Saturday to five states as the government races to prevent more deaths.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
While the movie easily races from one scene to another at a break-neck pace, behind the scenes, the local production work was a massive undertaking, bringing together public officials from multiple city, county and federal agencies.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
RDREs use a detonation wave that races around a circular channel, which produces short, high-pressure bursts that drive up thrust and efficiency.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Tasked with solving Jareth’s labyrinth to secure Toby’s safety, Sarah races against time to defeat the goblin’s trickster army.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2025
And as the country races toward an election, politics and contemporary issues will also be front and center.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
As the world races to decarbonize, clean energy storage is becoming the central challenge.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for races
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With nearly one-third of Los Angeles County's 10 million residents being foreign-born, the declaration has significant social and economic implications, especially for immigrant and mixed-status families.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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If the president had not wasted time floating perverse ideas about real-estate opportunities in Gaza, thousands of Palestinian lives might have been saved, and more of the Israeli hostages would be in the bosom of their families.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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The film contends there has been an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer UFO technology.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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So roughly $300 billion – a 7% gap – separates these three nations and California on this vanity scorecard.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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So far, the brand has focused on fully electric models, with its most recent release being the T1 hatchback, which competes with the BYD Dolphin and Geely Xingyuan.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Amazon competes with Microsoft to rent out GPUs from its cloud data centers.—
Ari Levy,Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Hot reload speeds up testing cycles, and the IDE itself can handle very large projects thanks to its 64-bit architecture.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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Samson Sky Switchblade The Samson Sky Switchblade is a flying sports car with a three-wheel chassis road that speeds over 201 km/hr (125 mph).—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The answers to these questions are the subject of an exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts of close to 100 works — primarily contemporary — by 62 Anishinaabe artists from 21 tribes from Michigan and the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.—
Jane L. Levere,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The 14 remaining castaways morphed into two tribes of seven, with the original Hina holding a majority alliance in one tribe, while the original Uli held a majority in the other.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The festival, which started in Little Rock in 1984, has evolved beyond Greek food to include recipes and dishes from Palestine, Armenia, India and more of the nationalities represented at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, the festival's host and one of its main sponsors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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In 11 editions, Next Step has welcomed 97 filmmakers of 39 different nationalities.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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Donahue contends the exemptions created in the bill are going to leave towns, cities and the state on the hook for an expensive cleanup.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Such deportation, her legal team contends, would send her into the custody of the same Army that has killed dozens of her family members.—
Aida Alami,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Home wins against Michigan and Auburn are nice, but Oklahoma travels next week to South Carolina and then plays five teams that entered Saturday ranked in the top 15, including trips to Alabama and Tennessee.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Races.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/races. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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