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
Mohamed Jama, who has been driving for Southdale for two years, said the company takes clients of all racial backgrounds to non-emergency medical appointments, mostly in hospitals.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
There are lines about Medicaid cuts and a research program devoted to racial inequity having its funding conspicuously disappear.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
Believing the census would lead to racial discrimination, 62 faculty members followed him.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Mainstream media can also amplify negative depictions of Muslims by often discussing Islam within the context of terrorism and portraying Muslims more negatively than other racial, ethnic or religious minority groups.
—Anisah Bagasra, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
There are lines about Medicaid cuts and a research program devoted to racial inequity having its funding conspicuously disappear.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
Believing the census would lead to racial discrimination, 62 faculty members followed him.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Mainstream media can also amplify negative depictions of Muslims by often discussing Islam within the context of terrorism and portraying Muslims more negatively than other racial, ethnic or religious minority groups.
—Anisah Bagasra, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racial
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Though the war ended in the 1990s, vestiges remained of the racial and ethnic conflict.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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Neither amateurs nor studio photographers operated in exclusively Chinese ethnic spaces.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
17 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 21 Apr. 2026.
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