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ethnicity

[eth-nis-i-tee] / ɛθˈnɪs ɪ ti /
NOUN
ethnic background
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Reaction to the attack, and the alleged attacker's ethnicity, prompted calls for protests on Tuesday evening in many parts of Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The second was a matched cohort of 30,528 women, pairing each GLP-1 user with a nonuser who shared similar characteristics, including age, race, ethnicity, BMI, breast density, and diabetes status.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

And while labor-force participation rates vary by race and ethnicity, factors other than hiring discrimination seem to be playing a larger role in the disparities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

For the three winning Latino candidates, their ethnicity was an afterthought.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

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

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi



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