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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Along with genes, family history, and ethnicity may also play a role in the development of MASH.
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Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 12 July 2025
Using mortality data from the California Comprehensive Death Files and population estimates from the American Community Survey, the researchers calculated annual life expectancy from 2019 to 2024, breaking the figures down by race, ethnicity, income and cause of death.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Mamdani is of South Asian ethnicity and was born in Uganda.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 7 July 2025
They are shared regardless of income or education level, race or ethnicity.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 12 July 2025
Using mortality data from the California Comprehensive Death Files and population estimates from the American Community Survey, the researchers calculated annual life expectancy from 2019 to 2024, breaking the figures down by race, ethnicity, income and cause of death.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Mamdani is of South Asian ethnicity and was born in Uganda.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 7 July 2025
They are shared regardless of income or education level, race or ethnicity.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
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The travel ban may lead to other sports teams, players, or athletes being denied visas for the U.S., depending on their nationality.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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More Indians come to the U.S. on student visas than any other nationality—with 422,335 foreign students from India in the U.S. last year, vs. 329,541 foreign students from China.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Adversarial nations and nefarious hackers are now using AI and MI to discern and exploit vulnerabilities in threat-detecting frameworks.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this month, Trump also threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on any countries aligned with the BRICS group of nations.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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The Englishwoman fired a third-round 66, climbing more than 20 spots on the leaderboard and entering the title race.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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Spending in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race topped $100 million, doubling the record-breaking spending seen in 2023.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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