biracial
adjective
bi·ra·cial
(ˌ)bī-ˈrā-shəl 
: of, relating to, or involving members of two races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
a biracial coalition
biracial couples
also
: having parents from two races
biracial children
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The mother of five, who was 25 years old as the time of her disappearance, is described by police as a 5 feet, 4 inches tall, biracial female weighing approximately 260 pounds, with long black and blonde braids.
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Deena Zaru, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
McDonald, who is biracial, said her grandfather’s family were itinerant citrus pickers working camp to camp before her grandfather became a mechanic at Norton Air Force Base.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
In a highly biracial move, Latto rolled up to the Bronx with a convoy of Sedans.
—Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Dworkin, a Black man given up for adoption by his birth parents, was raised by white parents, grew up to have biracial children, and encountered many setbacks in his life due to his race and fallout from his traumatic upbringing before finding happiness and success.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Deena Zaru, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
McDonald, who is biracial, said her grandfather’s family were itinerant citrus pickers working camp to camp before her grandfather became a mechanic at Norton Air Force Base.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
In a highly biracial move, Latto rolled up to the Bronx with a convoy of Sedans.
—Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Dworkin, a Black man given up for adoption by his birth parents, was raised by white parents, grew up to have biracial children, and encountered many setbacks in his life due to his race and fallout from his traumatic upbringing before finding happiness and success.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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biracial
adjective
bi·ra·cial
(ˈ)bī-ˈrā-shəl
: of, relating to, or involving people from two races
biracial communities
especially
: having biological parents of two different ethnic identities
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