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ethnicity

[eth-nis-i-tee] / ɛθˈnɪs ɪ ti /
NOUN
ethnic background
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In addition, most participants were adults of Turkish ethnicity, so the findings may not fully apply to other populations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

“With Bad Bunny’s rise and the Super Bowl, it felt like a shift in values towards the Spanish language,” said Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center’s director of race and ethnicity research.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

And the suit cites Kavanaugh’s previous effort to walk back “Kavanaugh stops” to tell him: You said immigration stops can’t be based on race or ethnicity.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“To be clear,” he added, “apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

When people inquire about my ethnicity, I prefer to say that I’m Iranian.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi



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