How to Use Hispanic in a Sentence

Hispanic

adjective
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  • You've been focused on outreach to Hispanic voters for the Trump campaign.
    — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • People go through the stats, particularly the Black and Hispanic men do not show up to vote for her.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Many Black and Hispanic men have turned against Democrats — and toward Trump.
    — Axios, 13 July 2024
  • At the time the victim was described to be a woman between 35 and 55 years old, and Hispanic or white.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Noel is described as Hispanic with brown eyes and black hair.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Police describe the teens as both Hispanic and around 18 years old.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2023
  • White Democrats were more likely than Black and Hispanic Democrats to support the movement.
    — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • One of those me is described by cops as Hispanic and 5-foot-4 and was wearing a black shirt, The other man was wearing a gray shirt.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
  • The shop manager, who declined to give his name, told us that 90% of the clientele are Hispanic and many are tourists that come based on word of mouth.
    — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The other was described as a Hispanic man, between 20 and 30 years old, with pigtail hair, dark eyes and a slim build.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Twenty-eight were Black, five were white, one was Hispanic and the race of three victims had not been publicly released.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2023
  • The first girl was raised among a family of eight in a poor, largely Hispanic town in Texas and became pregnant in high school.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
  • More than half of Hispanic women said sexism is a problem in the workplace.
    — Stella Chavez, NPR, 15 May 2024
  • The Hispanic homeownership rate of 51.1% was also a record high for that group.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
  • White folks are about three times more likely to inherit than their Black, Hispanic or Asian friends.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The same percentage of Hispanic mothers said this as well.
    — Tayla Mahmud, Fortune, 30 June 2023
  • The union’s members are nearly all Hispanic and foreign-born, according to the union.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • One reason for the slight unemployment rate increase since the start of the year could be an uptick in the number of Black and Hispanic workers who want but can’t find work.
    — Byruth Umoh, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Martes 13 has long been dreaded by many in Hispanic cultures for being unlucky just as Friday the 13th is throughout the rest of the Western world.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023
  • Axios - Black and Hispanic workers drove the drop in the April unemployment rate.
    — Amber Burton, Fortune, 9 May 2023
  • Among the 23 percent who had heard the term, 65 percent said it should not be used to describe the Hispanic or Latino population.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
  • According to the release, the male suspect was a 52-year-old Hispanic man, and the female was a 45-year-old Filipina female.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Gamboa and Vigil are two common Hispanic names in the Southwest.
    — Delano Massey, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The Pacific Islanders, along with the region's Hispanic community, suffered the brunt of the covid deaths in the region.
    — Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • And though some Latinos moved in to fill the void, many restaurants and other Hispanic businesses shuttered.
    — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • The 18-year-old high school senior has just become the first member of his Hispanic family to attend a four-year college.
    — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • At the time of its filing, the total number of Black crew chiefs in the history of baseball was still zero, and the number of Hispanic crew chiefs was one, Richie Garcia.
    — Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • More than 30% of the participants were female, and 43% were Black, Hispanic or Latino.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Also, for the first time, lifetime rates of clinical depression among Black and Hispanic adults matched or surpassed the rate among White adults.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • The 4th Congressional District is one of two districts in the state drawn to elect a Hispanic candidate to Congress.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2023

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