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ethnic

[eth-nik] / ˈɛθ nɪk /
ADJECTIVE
racial, cultural
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Its report said relative poverty rates were highest – at 47% – for children in ethnic minority families.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Now Kyaw Myint is worried about them being conscripted -- "not only by the military but also by ethnic armed groups", he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Because the participants were predominantly White, the findings may not apply equally to people from other ethnic backgrounds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

In promoting the program, Florida said that it was intended for people who had “been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within American society.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

As a result, the Democratic New Deal coalition evolved into an alliance of urban ethnic groups and the white South that dominated electoral politics from 1932 to the early 1960s.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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