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
Florido says this emergency ruling is not the final word on the underlying lawsuit challenging racial profiling in ICE arrests.
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September 9, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The medical concerns were rooted in a very specific narrative of racial danger for white women.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
In 2013, Roberts wrote the court's opinion that ended the requirement for states with a history of racial discrimination to receive federal approval before changing their voting laws.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Certain racial perceptions had also been activated.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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September 9, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The medical concerns were rooted in a very specific narrative of racial danger for white women.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
In 2013, Roberts wrote the court's opinion that ended the requirement for states with a history of racial discrimination to receive federal approval before changing their voting laws.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Certain racial perceptions had also been activated.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racial
Adjective
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With a genocide in Congo and war, famine and ethnic cleasing in Sudan, to cite just two of the conflicts currently happening in Africa, that dream seems impossible.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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Cellucci agreed and brought to the Weld campaign an ethnic balance as well as his knowledge of the workings of the Legislature, the State House and state government.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Defined by the United Nations as acts committed with intent to destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, its use by a sitting member of Congress—particularly a Republican—marks a rare challenge to the dominant U.S. narrative on the war in Gaza.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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