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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Institutions are there to support their students regardless of their race, culture or ethnicity.
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Leila Fadel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
Given that disabilities affect people from every ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic background, the erasure of DEI programs that support them hurts all groups – and that includes white people, who made up 21.1% of all undergraduate students with disabilities in the 2019-20 academic year.
—Breana Jamison, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
The clause was originally proposed to guarantee citizenship to children born to former slaves, but during the drafting in 1866, Congress expanded it to children of any race or ethnicity born in the U.S.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
Even though the documentary is focused on an ethnic group, that ethnicity borrowed from all over the place.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
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Leila Fadel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
Given that disabilities affect people from every ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic background, the erasure of DEI programs that support them hurts all groups – and that includes white people, who made up 21.1% of all undergraduate students with disabilities in the 2019-20 academic year.
—Breana Jamison, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025
The clause was originally proposed to guarantee citizenship to children born to former slaves, but during the drafting in 1866, Congress expanded it to children of any race or ethnicity born in the U.S.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
Even though the documentary is focused on an ethnic group, that ethnicity borrowed from all over the place.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
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Italian American Social Club of Central Florida: All nationalities are welcome.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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Past Controversies and Safeguards for Nauru's Golden Visa Golden visas are controversial, and many programs have been closed down in recent years after coming under increasing criticism as a way of selling nationality to the highest bidder.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Plus, 64 teams would include more than a quarter of FIFA’s member nations, diluting overall quality and rendering qualifying competitions all but superfluous.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
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Our nation’s and our state’s infrastructure is aging, and among the biggest threats to the long-term stability of our bridges and roadways is the wear and tear caused by overweight trucks.—
Ydanis Rodriguez,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Wright referred there to the project conducted by scientists at Los Alamos during World War II to win the race with Germany to produce the first atomic bombs, a race the American scientists ultimately won.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Winning Time is an artistic work of interpretation made by creators independent of the Lakers’ influence who wanted to explore ideas about the ’80s, professional sports, and race in America.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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