Definition of racialnext
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 During the Cape Verde–versus-Argentina game, the YouTuber and Twitch streamer recorded a woman yelling racial slurs at him during the game. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 July 2026 Other essential qualities include a substantial heft, range, and engagement with the United States’s history, especially the recurrent issues of racial injustice, religious enthusiasm, social conformity, and rampant capitalism. Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 Conservative critics have said demographic data encourages the EEOC to assume that discrimination is behind any gender or racial imbalance in a company's workforce. ABC News, 6 July 2026 In this new suspenseful mystery that’s also an examination of our country’s racial history, a girl comes of age in post–Civil War Virginia as Reconstruction collapses. Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for racial
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  • Rexhep Meidani of Albania visits Kosovo, the first visit ever by an Albanian head of state to the neighboring Yugoslav province; Kosovo is heavily populated by ethnic Albanians.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
  • People from every ethnic and socio-economic background wear the same team colors.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 15 Jul. 2026.

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