How to Use Latin in a Sentence

Latin

noun
  • She was named Billboard’s Latin Rookie of the Year for 2023.
    Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Further, the single makes progress on Hot Latin Songs, with a 28-25 jump.
    Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Boston Latin School has six sports teams that are not funded by the district.
    Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • Sci-fi can be a tough genre in some markets, such as parts of Latin America.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024
  • There were more cases of dengue in Latin America in the first half of this year — more than three million — than in all of 2022.
    Stephanie Nolen Malin Fezehai, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Messi stars in the first episode of the second season, which aired on Star + on June 25 in Latin America.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
  • Some men had left their hometowns in Ecuador and other parts of Latin America.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • His father, Carl, managed the local outpost of the nightclub The Latin Quarter.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2023
  • Purchase tickets to the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Week here.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2023
  • They were abetted by the Latin churchmen who forged the Donation of Constantine as the pope’s license to appoint a king of the Romans.
    Dominic Green, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • On the West Coast, the luxury Latin trap album dropped on the music streaming services at 9 p.m. Thursday.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The only regions that saw growth in billionaire wealth last year were the Middle East (by 7.2%) and Latin America (by 4.4%).
    Rachel Shin, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • And Latin music has remained a force on streaming — so much that 2023 seems to be the biggest year for number one Latin hits on Spotify.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The nightclub was renamed the Latin Quarter and eventually shut down in the 1950s before reopening as the Hard Rock.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Immigrants who had already traveled from across Latin America to these two countries were among the first to lose their hold on any hope of a livelihood.
    Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • In 2019, the court ruled that a Latin cross on government land outside Washington, D.C., did not have to be moved or altered in the name of church-state separation.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Bailey said in his four-decade career he’s seen 10 to 12 cases, mostly from people who have lived in Latin America.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • The firm has more than 3,000 employees in seven countries, according to its site, with offices across the U.S. and Latin America.
    Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In some ways, the popular route is also a perfect place to take the measure of a sport that has made Colombia the cycling epicenter of Latin America.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • Uruguay is not the only country in Latin America suffering drought.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 25 June 2023
  • Fast-food chains are growing their footprint here, and obesity rates, among the lowest in Latin America, are rising.
    Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Overrunning governments and things that the U.S. has been doing to Latin America, which does have an impact on those countries now.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • In Latin America, where obesity rates have grown faster than in other parts of the world, the drug remains unaffordable for the bulk of the population.
    Matías A. Loewy, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Fayuca Gabo Fayuca and his bandmates filter their reggae through Latin alternative, ska-punk and a hint of prog.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
  • Zammit’s new role back home in Berlin is focused on Latin America and emerging markets.
    Marc Schneider, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The second of two first-rounders in 2010, Deglan was part of an era in which the Rangers seemed to undervalue draft picks and focused more on Latin America before hard caps in both markets came into place.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • With 47% of Latin fans discovering new music via Friends and Relatives the tie to culture is evident.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Frenetic, action-packed, and visually stunning, Dom is among the most addictive shows to come out of Latin America in years.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Later that month, a fight among four Boston Latin Academy middle school students led to one being taken to the hospital.
    Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • The Strokes themselves remain a major act in Latin America, which has a long tradition of supporting rock music.
    Eric Ducker, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2023

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