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ethnic

[eth-nik] / ˈɛθ nɪk /
ADJECTIVE
racial, cultural
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Stern says people will still be able to check multiple racial and ethnic identification boxes on forms to encompass all the ways they identify.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Canada’s and America’s regional and even ethnic identities map neatly onto one another, from the Pacific Northwest and the Great Plains to the Atlantic provinces and New England.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The bandits are mostly people from the Fulani ethnic group, who traditionally make their living by raising animals.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Conducted from 1979 through the 2000s, the project followed more than 5,000 people to better understand why certain ethnic populations experience higher health risks.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

But the scale on which the Inka moved the pieces around the ethnic checkerboard would have excited their admiration.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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