races 1 of 2

noun

Definition of racesnext
plural of race
1
as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor the last descendent of a race of kings

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as in nations
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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races

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verb

present tense third-person singular of race
1
as in competes
to engage in a contest just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?

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as in speeds
to proceed or move quickly was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India

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  1. families
  2. nations
  3. tribes
  4. nationalities
  5. contends
  6. clans
  7. ethnicities
  8. minorities
Noun
  • Magda Teter Jewish Middlemen, Archival Myopia The story of two Jewish trading families during the last decades of the Regency of Algiers is skewed by being told through the perspectives of only European and American actors.
    Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The families in Texas and Connecticut have sparred in court over the liquidation process, with concerns over how the money will be distributed.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of families
Noun
  • Mikati said that the number of displaced people is the largest in the nation's history, which has been punctuated by civil war and conflict with neighboring nations.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Three Caucasus nations, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, are represented, along with five neighboring countries, Ukraine, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Moldova.
    Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of nations
Noun
  • Many tribes were critical of NAGPRA for empowering museums to make decisions about whether Indigenous people had valid connections to their ancestors.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Met and other museums with significant Native American collections are also being criticized for displaying work with descriptions that omit or minimize information about the wars, occupations, massacres, and exploitation that dominated the tribes’ past.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of tribes
Noun
  • Puerto Ricans lean Democrat The Latino vote encompasses various nationalities and identities, and partisan preferences differ markedly among them.
    A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Worldwide so far, 6,000 hotels have been recommended by inspectors who are not all French; there are 30 nationalities of inspectors.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of nationalities
Verb
  • By voluntarily agreeing to the MOU, the company actually sought to kill attempts at passing right-to-repair laws, Warren contends.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The complaint contends the provision ought not to apply to antitrust claims.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of contends
Noun
  • Chaos and crime Testing Hamas’ limited capabilities is the reemergence of armed gangs and clans, who held sway in Gaza before 2007.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Dungeons & Dragons taught fantasy fans to understand orcs as a fusion of racist tropes, combining a barbaric other and a vaguely native people of tribes and clans.
    Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of clans
Noun
  • There’s no better proof of this than SKIMS, whose social campaigns showcase models and celebrities of various sizes, shapes and ethnicities.
    Alison Bringé, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Business schools must massively increase their efforts to address this imbalance and also to attract more students of all races and ethnicities from working-class and lower-income backgrounds.
    Jacqueline Novogratz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2021
Definition of ethnicities
Noun
  • Certainly, Hasina’s fall provided room for a spate of attacks on police and minorities, though analysts say the scale of bloodletting has been sensationalized.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The federal law that President Joe Biden signed at the end of 2021 followed allegations of human rights abuses by Beijing against members of the ethnic Uyghur group and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of minorities
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