as in ethnic
of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture
a survey that included an optional question regarding racial identity, age, and other personal information
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Recent Examples of racial
One thing for certain is that gerrymandering – whether racial or partisan – is wrong.
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
The rule was inspired by a February dispute between Vinícius Júnior and Gianluca Prestianni in which Prestianni covered his mouth with his jersey and allegedly used racial slurs.
—Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 2 May 2026
Their alumni are more likely to become leaders in their communities, closing racial wealth gaps and fostering mobility across generations.
—Ed Smith-Lewis, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Her work is centered around creating greater access to mental health care for Black people and other underserved communities, a more inclusive health care system and healing racial trauma.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
The rule was inspired by a February dispute between Vinícius Júnior and Gianluca Prestianni in which Prestianni covered his mouth with his jersey and allegedly used racial slurs.
—Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 2 May 2026
Their alumni are more likely to become leaders in their communities, closing racial wealth gaps and fostering mobility across generations.
—Ed Smith-Lewis, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Her work is centered around creating greater access to mental health care for Black people and other underserved communities, a more inclusive health care system and healing racial trauma.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racial
Adjective
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But anyone who thinks of what happened as a flex of ethnic power isn’t paying attention.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The large-scale immigration after 1980 of tens of thousands of the Beta Israel, Ethiopian Jews whose Jewishness has sometimes been challenged by Orthodox rabbis, has generated considerable controversy and ethnic tension in Israel.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Genocide is defined as attempting to partly or wholly destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Ellie Cook
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United Nations broadly defines genocide as seriously harming or killing members of a group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2022
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“Racial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racial. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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