How to Use Latino in a Sentence
Latino
noun-
The man who took the car is described as Latino and in his 30s to 40s.
— Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023 -
Frenk, who will start his new role on Jan. 1, will be the first Latino to lead the school in its 105-year history.
— Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 12 June 2024 -
The men were white, Black, and Latino, and appeared to range in age from about twenty-five to sixty.
— Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023 -
It is not lost on me how quickly some are rushing to judge a Latino and push him out of his seat.
— Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2023 -
And as the shop’s Latino fry cook Rafael, Marcel Ferrin has the bright, earnest, hopefulness of youth.
— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024 -
The victim described the suspect as a male in his late teens or early 20s and either White or Latino.
— Jason Green, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024 -
White flight has led to a population that’s now mostly Black and Latino.
— Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024 -
Even for those of us who do identify as such, Latino does not seem to work as a private identity.
— Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 -
But the district is also nearly 50 percent Black and Latino.
— Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 14 May 2024 -
But many Black and Latino Americans find themselves on the outside looking in.
— Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024 -
Forty or so people, most of them Black or Latino, gathered in the reception area of the Bronx Defenders office.
— Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 -
New customers can offset this with a one-time discount of $8 off, but it can only be applied to Latino Plan subscribers.
— Kalea Martin, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023 -
The man, described as Latino and in his late 20s or early 30s, fell to the ground and was trying to get back up when he was hit by a second car, a light-colored full-size SUV, in the northbound lane.
— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024 -
Many snapped their fingers in approval as dozens of speakers — almost all Latino — urged council members to vote for a cease-fire.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 -
About 52% of the aid has gone to Latino and Black Californians, who together make up about 29% of the state’s homeowners.
— Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024 -
Meetings can or should take place at the Latino Cultural Center, where there’s free and ample parking.
— Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023 -
As a Latino, Lazo didn’t have the luxury of job hopping and sometimes found himself behind the eight ball, but banked life with the finesse of a pool champion.
— Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2024 -
About half of students identify as Latino, while 60% speak a language other than English at home.
— Clio Koh, oregonlive, 25 July 2023 -
The school is in the midst of another demographic shift: from almost exclusively Black to Black and Latino.
— Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023 -
In 2021, he was invited to a leather party by a friend and experienced the complete opposite — there were many more Latinos.
— Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023 -
The Latino museum did a lot of collecting around farm workers, to be able to talk about labor and immigration.
— Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024 -
Max will also be highlighting all of the winners of their Latino Short Film Competition.
— Jaden Thompson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023 -
The role earned Olmos the only lead actor Oscar nomination for a Latino.
— Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023 -
The fastest growing segment of evangelicals in the US are Latino Americans.
— John Blake, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024 -
The successful Latino pulls himself up by his bootstraps, loves and serves his country, and seeks to enrich it with his contributions.
— J.p Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023 -
Black and Latino Americans are up to twice as likely as whites to develop dementia.
— Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024 -
For months, speculation has swirled about whether Bass would seek to make a statement by appointing a woman or a Latino for the first time in the department’s long history.
— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024 -
In 2008, Karol landed a meeting with Universal Music Latino, which offered her a deal as an in-house songwriter.
— Isabelia Herrera, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023 -
Thirty-seven percent of male participants in exit polling identified as white, while 6% identified as Latino in the Latino groups’ poll.
— Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 -
Authors of Latino heritage are increasingly carving a space in fantasy literary realms.
— Marina E. Franco (noticias Telemundo For Axios), Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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