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Recent Examples of ethnicities
The crowd — a mix of young people, couples, LGBTQ+ followers and fans from diverse ethnicities — seemingly knew every lyric as Uchis’ velvety voice floated effortlessly through her bilingual anthems.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Studies that compare genetic variation between pairs of siblings have been able to better control for socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as parenting practices and ethnicities; in these studies, the direct effects of DNA on IQ look even smaller, still with no hint of a biological mechanism.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
The various researchers The Athletic spoke to point to a glaring dearth of research into menstrual cycles and optimal hormone levels of different ethnicities.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The trend is consistent across all races and ethnicities, as well as educational attainment.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The space created in response eventually grew to support students of various ethnicities and backgrounds.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Epigenetic and microbiome profiles differ greatly across ethnicities, diets, and environments.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
Black or African American, Middle Eastern/North African and South Asian ethnicities each represent about 20%–30% of Muslims; the rest are a mix of Southeast/East Asian, Hispanic, and White ethnicities.
—Farhan Mustafa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
And by showing them on models that were diverse in age and ethnicities, Todd makes a strong case that good style transcends borders and demographics.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Studies that compare genetic variation between pairs of siblings have been able to better control for socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as parenting practices and ethnicities; in these studies, the direct effects of DNA on IQ look even smaller, still with no hint of a biological mechanism.
—Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
The various researchers The Athletic spoke to point to a glaring dearth of research into menstrual cycles and optimal hormone levels of different ethnicities.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The trend is consistent across all races and ethnicities, as well as educational attainment.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The space created in response eventually grew to support students of various ethnicities and backgrounds.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Epigenetic and microbiome profiles differ greatly across ethnicities, diets, and environments.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
Black or African American, Middle Eastern/North African and South Asian ethnicities each represent about 20%–30% of Muslims; the rest are a mix of Southeast/East Asian, Hispanic, and White ethnicities.
—Farhan Mustafa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
And by showing them on models that were diverse in age and ethnicities, Todd makes a strong case that good style transcends borders and demographics.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicities
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The festival, which started in Little Rock in 1984, has evolved beyond Greek food to include recipes and dishes from Palestine, Armenia, India and more of the nationalities represented at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, the festival's host and one of its main sponsors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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In 11 editions, Next Step has welcomed 97 filmmakers of 39 different nationalities.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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The film contends there has been an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer UFO technology.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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So roughly $300 billion – a 7% gap – separates these three nations and California on this vanity scorecard.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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The civil rights groups defending the law argue the requirement to create districts that give racial minorities a reasonable chance to elect their preferred candidate already takes into account current conditions.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Italian Americans are mainly Roman Catholic, with minorities practicing other Christian denominations and faiths.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Economic impact The Big Sugar Gravel and Little Sugar Mountain Bike races together brought 7,200 visitor trips to Northwest Arkansas in 2024, according to a study published by Daniel Larson of the University of Oklahoma Department of Health and Exercise Science.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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The film was very much an authorized project, with director Joseph Kosinski and his crew filming at several races and F1’s (and its corporate sponsors’) branding visible throughout the film.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Ethnicities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicities. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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