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Recent Examples of ethnic
Change your ethnic category, change your eligibility for freedom.
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Tracy Slater
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
The Hmong are an ethnic group from China and Southeast Asia.
—Shahrzad Elghanayan, NBC news, 4 July 2025
Black people are also more likely to die of many cancer types than all other racial and ethnic groups.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Among them, the Hazara women and girls have been specifically targeted because of their ethnic identity and because of their Shia religious identity.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Tracy Slater
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
The Hmong are an ethnic group from China and Southeast Asia.
—Shahrzad Elghanayan, NBC news, 4 July 2025
Black people are also more likely to die of many cancer types than all other racial and ethnic groups.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Among them, the Hazara women and girls have been specifically targeted because of their ethnic identity and because of their Shia religious identity.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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Nic’s former connection, Cierra, who was kicked off the show for using a racial slur in a past social media post, subtly supported her former partner’s new connection with her best friend.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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First, two contestants' past use of racial slurs online caused their abrupt removals from the hit reality TV dating show, one just days into filming and another late in the season.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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The United Nations broadly defines genocide as seriously harming or killing members of a group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2022
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Pippa Small Getty ImagesJeff Spicer/BFC Meghan's support for ethnical clothing labels naturally extends to her jewelry collection.—
Marina Liao,
Marie Claire,
2 Jan. 2019
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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