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ethnic

[eth-nik] / ˈɛθ nɪk /
ADJECTIVE
racial, cultural
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But there’s more to it than just his religious and ethnic identity.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

While ethnic Uyghurs, most of them Muslim, make up the majority of the population in Kashgar and some other parts of Xinjiang, their language is being replaced by Chinese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Most lie in areas contested by ethnic insurgent armies.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

For example, giving an automatic admission to the top 5% of the students in all of a big city’s high schools or its middle schools could achieve greater racial and ethnic diversity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Yeah. I might have to make this part of my skincare line. Shanticeuticals. I could do a whole cosmetics line for ethnic skin. The packaging would be killer! Sort of a henna tattoo thing?”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray


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