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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the last descendent of a race of kings
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as in ethnicity
a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions
Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India
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Recent Examples of race
Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is a mainstream outlier in the international feature race.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
The roughly seventy minutes that elapsed during each performance never felt like seventy minutes—time either froze or raced ahead or stretched like taffy.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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In 2015, Kyle Busch missed the first 11 races of the season with serious leg injuries then returned to win the championship.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is a mainstream outlier in the international feature race.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
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Starting racing at a young age, Thompson honed his skills driving quarter midgets and late models.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
The roughly seventy minutes that elapsed during each performance never felt like seventy minutes—time either froze or raced ahead or stretched like taffy.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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Another devastated neighborhood, Altadena, 35 miles to the East, had some more modest homes that families had owned for generations.Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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As a large number of schools are closed, families, too, were out and children played around a fountain.Kate Lavelle, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rather than treating disability as a standalone issue, HSBC's eight global employee networks collaborate to address how disability intersects with faith, gender, ethnicity, and other aspects of identity.Caroline Casey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Among the two indigenous ethnicities in the territory — the Ngäbe and Buglé — the virus is particularly lethal for the young.Adam Williams, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
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Messi will also compete for other domestic cups and hopefully steer clear of injuries like those that hampered him at stages last year.Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Croatian star Donna Vekic, for instance, is competing in Australia without her coach Pam Shriver, who is back in LA supporting her family.Ben Church, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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The constant evolution in attack techniques and the exponential growth in threat actors is both exhilarating and challenging, pushing us as an industry to innovate at breakneck speeds to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.James Winebrenner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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United Airlines announced an accelerated plan to speed up its in-flight WiFi via service from Starlink.Ina Fried, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Biden was scheduled to appear at an event announcing the creation of two new national monuments that will honor Native American tribes.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Kansas City area was once a dwelling place for at least four different Indian tribes.Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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Around the same historical period, Israel instituted a divided education system based on nationality and religious observance, with four distinct school streams: Jewish secular, orthodox and ultra-orthodox schools taught primarily in Hebrew, and Arab schools taught in Arabic.Ayala Hendin, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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Italian American Social Club of Central Florida: All nationalities are welcome.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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Moreover, many thought leaders and AI evangelists contend that predictive AI delivers greater returns than genAI.Eric Siegel, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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It should be noted, too, that Houston wants to contend in 2025 and is still in search of another leverage reliever, even with Pressly still on the roster.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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If possible, avoid traveling to Dubrovnik in July and August.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
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Entire ecosystems hitched a ride, with marine species traveling thousands of miles to the shores of North America.Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Race.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/race. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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