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tribal

[trahy-buhl] / ˈtraɪ bəl /
ADJECTIVE
of or characteristic of a tribe or tribes
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He has flipped major rulings on federal regulation, religious liberty, and tribal sovereignty.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Cal Fire launched a tribal advisory council to bring Indigenous perspective into Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

On the question of whether Reform would work with Plaid Cymru, he promised the approach would not be "tribal".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

As these forms of faith came down to the present day, they tended to ignore the strain of religions that are mostly nonproselytizing—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto and tribal indigenous traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But still I couldn’t enter any tribal university because I had failed my mother tongue.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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