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ethnicity

[eth-nis-i-tee] / ɛθˈnɪs ɪ ti /
NOUN
ethnic background
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But the race and ethnicity change is also important and could trigger large implications for public health.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

That relationship remained even after the researchers accounted for differences in age, sex, race, ethnicity, and education level.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

Senate Bill 1387, which lawmakers passed Aug. 31, seeks to require state agencies to include a box for Jewish ethnicity on all demographic data forms, ranging from public assistance programs to college applications.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

The rules also allow schools to continue using religious criteria for admissions and scholarships, as long as they don’t base those decisions on ancestry or ethnicity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

With this body of files we could sift and sort through the population of the district by gender, race, ethnicity, party affiliation, occupation.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

She added that no single criterion is weighted above the others and that Aritzia’s employees reflect a range of backgrounds, ages, ethnicities and body types.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

People of all ages and ethnicities waited in a line that was easily an hour long.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 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

"I think this show did a lot of good to open up the fashion world to different ethnicities, different body types, but it also did a lot of wrong," he says.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2026

It was a small, silly moment, but it also showed that boys from thirteen different countries and a wide array of ethnicities and religions and who spoke different languages were creating their own inside jokes.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John



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