How to Use Pacific Islander in a Sentence

Pacific Islander

noun

• Non-Hispanic Black adults and Pacific Islander adults have the highest rates of death due to stroke.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
• From a young age, Chida was told that seeking mental health support was for the weak, a sentiment that resonates with those from Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
  — Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• More than a quarter of the state’s residents identify as at least part Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, according to the most recent census.
  — Damien Cave, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Many Asian-American and Pacific Islander business owners are trying to solve this issue by selling their items online, so that everyone can buy them.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 12 June 2023
• About 10% were Hispanic and a smaller proportion — under 3% — were Asian or Pacific Islander.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 25 July 2023
• While Saturday’s event was a celebration of Pacific Islander history and culture, the present was also on people’s minds.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• Advertisement Though many Asian and Pacific Islander ethnic groups have been added to government demographics counts since the 1980s, many communities have yet to be recorded.
  — Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• The survey also found that less than half of the responding newsrooms employed Black journalists, two employed Indigenous journalists and only one had a Pacific Islander staff member.
  — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• What appealed to white patrons in the mid-20th century looking for entertaining distraction, mining Pacific Islander culture for a cheap thrill, now has a new audience of people of all backgrounds.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• This year, Palu and her family started an annual scholarship for Pacific Islander students.
  — Sabrina Bodon, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
• Black women make up 5% of nonprofit leadership, Hispanic women represent 3% of top positions and 1.5% are Asian, or Pacific Islander.
  — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
• This year’s programming includes a fashion show, an acting competition, music, theater, talks, poetry readings, food and more from the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
  — James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024