: an adherent of a monotheistic religion of India founded about 1500 by Guru Nānak and marked by rejection of idolatry and caste
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George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 3 Dec. 2024
The letter was signed by a coalition of more than 150 American and foreign civil and human rights groups, among them the Arab American Institute, Human Rights Watch, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Greenpeace USA, and the Sikh Coalition.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
In the news Jasleen Kaur, an artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily, accepted a $32,000 prize and the United Kingdom's Turner Prize award during a ceremony in London.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The work also features worship bells and the quintessential Scottish soda, Irn-Bru, to celebrate the Glaswegian Sikh community from which Kaur hails.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 3 Dec. 2024
The letter was signed by a coalition of more than 150 American and foreign civil and human rights groups, among them the Arab American Institute, Human Rights Watch, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Greenpeace USA, and the Sikh Coalition.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Adjective
The service currently grants waivers for airmen and guardians who grow beard for religious reasons, including Sikh, Jewish, Muslim and Norse Heathen people.
—Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
In the news Jasleen Kaur, an artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily, accepted a $32,000 prize and the United Kingdom's Turner Prize award during a ceremony in London.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Sikh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sikh. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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