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Recent Examples of ethnic
They can be prohibited from using pepper spray or relying in any way on ethnic indicators, such as appearance, language, and accent, as a basis for their probable cause to arrest.
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Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
When the founding leader and first president of the Turkish Republic, Kemal Atatürk, took office in 1923, the country was riven by clashes between different ethnic groups.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Eli, who was adopted by a white woman as a child, has mostly abandoned any ties to his ethnic background.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
The Hmong people are an ethnic group from East and Southeast Asia.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
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Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
When the founding leader and first president of the Turkish Republic, Kemal Atatürk, took office in 1923, the country was riven by clashes between different ethnic groups.
—Kaya Genç, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Eli, who was adopted by a white woman as a child, has mostly abandoned any ties to his ethnic background.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
The Hmong people are an ethnic group from East and Southeast Asia.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic
Adjective
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About 6 in 10 district residents are white, and 15% identify as Asian, the largest racial minority in the area.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The posts accused the teen and three of his football teammates of calling Smith’s son, who is Black, racial slurs, shooting him with BB guns and forcing him to drink their urine during a sleepover at Vann’s house.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Genocide is defined as attempting to partly or wholly destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Ellie Cook
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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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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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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