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
But many are left to contend with how to erase the veneration of Chavez the man without obliterating the history of the struggle to improve the lives of Latinos, the country’s second largest ethnic and racial group.
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the number of women dying during pregnancy has dropped for every racial group except Black women.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
In addition, the connection between diabetes and dementia was similar across men, women, and racial and ethnic subgroups, suggesting that the link appears to be consistent in different populations.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the board for nearly 1,500 years, with victories determined solely by skill and strategy.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the number of women dying during pregnancy has dropped for every racial group except Black women.
—Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
In addition, the connection between diabetes and dementia was similar across men, women, and racial and ethnic subgroups, suggesting that the link appears to be consistent in different populations.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the board for nearly 1,500 years, with victories determined solely by skill and strategy.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racial
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Unlike more cohesive dictatorships, Iran’s youth, middle class and ethnic minorities — Persians number less than 50% in a nation with seven major ethnic groups — are primed to rise once air power shatters the mullahs’ control.—
Chuck DeVore,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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Yet Syria’s many religious and ethnic groups remain on edge.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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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 30 Mar. 2026.
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