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ethnicity

[eth-nis-i-tee] / ɛθˈnɪs ɪ ti /
NOUN
ethnic background
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I asked El-Sayed if, when people argue he’s unelectable, he felt they were talking about his ethnicity or his politics.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Death rates fell for men and women, for every age group, and for most race and ethnicity categories.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

And the census is still trying to figure out how to ask questions to sort out race, ethnicity and origins.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

These factors include age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking status, existing medical conditions, previous muscle problems, vitamin D deficiency, medication use, and whether a person has been prescribed statins.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

Music Research, a California-based firm, sent Kenna’s CD to twelve hundred people preselected by age, gender, and ethnicity.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

“When we separate and look at all the distinct Asian ethnicities, we see a wide variation,” Cheng said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

“We now see participation in Bhangra from other Indian ethnicities like Gujarati — an influential community from India — or South Indian, Pakistani, and even non-South Asian backgrounds in the U.S,” Chahal said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

The 44-year-old is deeply engrained in United's culture and has no doubts about the integrity of the club's efforts to be welcoming to people of all ethnicities.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

Black writers and then, toward the end, writers of other ethnicities add their voices to the choir.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

There were men and women, children and elderly, of all colors and ethnicities, whispering in a dozen languages stories of heartache and spite, a perfect ghostly mirror to the living of the city.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland



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