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ethnic

[eth-nik] / ˈɛθ nɪk /
ADJECTIVE
racial, cultural
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This study is among the first to investigate how specific cardiovascular health factors may relate to cognitive aging across different ethnic groups.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Sherpas are an ethnic group who live primarily in eastern Nepal and nearly all share the last name “Sherpa.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

"The Holocaust was a deliberate genocidal campaign to eradicate an entire people for motives of ethnic or religious prejudice. The Covid vaccine rollout was not," the judge said.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

As a condition of being tax-exempt, nonprofit private schools must attest that they won’t discriminate based on race, color, or national or ethnic origin.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

That same day, similar riots broke out in cities all over Germany and in nearby Austria, where a large number of ethnic Germans lived.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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