as in adolescences
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
a teenager during his minority has some of the rights of an adult, but not all
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Recent Examples of minorities
Anything tragic that happened to minorities was inevitable and necessary.
—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
Deadly attacks blamed on the Islamic State group have targeted religious minorities, including a suicide attack on a church in a Damascus suburb and a bomb set off in a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area in the city of Homs.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
Rural areas suffer more than urban; blacks and other minorities have worse outcomes than whites.
—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Beijing has and been accused of serious human violations, including large-scale arbitrary detention of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities, in Xinjiang.
—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Some experts and students also worry that the limits will threaten efforts to diversify the healthcare workforce by deterring minorities and people from low-income households from applying to graduate programs.
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Lauren Sausser,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
As researcher Ahmad Nuril Huda writes, like many minorities of all sorts in many different places, Indonesian feminists have benefited from the ability to talk to each other across geographical boundaries using the internet.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 June 2026
This is particularly true since Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government was accused of violence against religious minorities in Syria, including the Alawites – a religious sect close to Shia Islam – and the Druze.
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Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
The high court voted 6 to 3 to strike down a Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, limiting the landmark 1965 civil rights law passed to protect the voting power of racial minorities.
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Terry Collins,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
Deadly attacks blamed on the Islamic State group have targeted religious minorities, including a suicide attack on a church in a Damascus suburb and a bomb set off in a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area in the city of Homs.
—
ABC News,
3 July 2026
Rural areas suffer more than urban; blacks and other minorities have worse outcomes than whites.
—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Beijing has and been accused of serious human violations, including large-scale arbitrary detention of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities, in Xinjiang.
—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Some experts and students also worry that the limits will threaten efforts to diversify the healthcare workforce by deterring minorities and people from low-income households from applying to graduate programs.
—
Lauren Sausser,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
As researcher Ahmad Nuril Huda writes, like many minorities of all sorts in many different places, Indonesian feminists have benefited from the ability to talk to each other across geographical boundaries using the internet.
—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 June 2026
This is particularly true since Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government was accused of violence against religious minorities in Syria, including the Alawites – a religious sect close to Shia Islam – and the Druze.
—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
The high court voted 6 to 3 to strike down a Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, limiting the landmark 1965 civil rights law passed to protect the voting power of racial minorities.
—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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“Minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minorities. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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