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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Lund introduces us to two dozen players of varying ages and ethnicities spread across the two teams, but none of the individual characters are particularly memorable on their own terms.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2025
The national child abuse inquiry report, published in 2022, made 20 recommendations for combatting child abuse, the first being the need to record better data on both victims and abusers, including their ethnicity.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
The bureau also was implementing a directive from the Biden administration to combine questions about race and ethnicity and add a new Middle Eastern and North African category.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The camera lingers in close-up on faces of different ages, backgrounds and ethnicities together showing the harmony of cohabitation that different governments, racist traditions and customs tried to end.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2025
The national child abuse inquiry report, published in 2022, made 20 recommendations for combatting child abuse, the first being the need to record better data on both victims and abusers, including their ethnicity.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
The bureau also was implementing a directive from the Biden administration to combine questions about race and ethnicity and add a new Middle Eastern and North African category.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The camera lingers in close-up on faces of different ages, backgrounds and ethnicities together showing the harmony of cohabitation that different governments, racist traditions and customs tried to end.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
Noun
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He was officially granted nationality in August 2022.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2025
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Since the country’s inception, the United States has had jus soli citizenship; anyone born in the country or its overseas territories is a citizen, regardless of their parents’ nationality or immigration status.—
Gaby Del Valle,
The Verge,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The United States was perceived as the most corrupt it's been since 2012 in a watchdog group's annual index of nations around the globe.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Oklahoma Read Next Florida Three ‘booming’ Florida cities rank among nation’s hottest suburbs.—
Simone Jasper,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Context: Black and Latino families are fighting school inequality by filing lawsuits, challenging rigid school boundaries and pushing for more resources to poor districts, as previously reported by Axios' senior race and justice reporter Russell Contreras.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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Shiffrin, in just her third race back from an injury that kept her off the slopes for two months, was in third place after the first run but was 12th in the second run to finish 1.37 off the lead and just a blink off the bronze pace.—
Zack Pierce,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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