How to Use woman of color in a Sentence
woman of color
noun-
And the memo is what women of color need to know to secure the seat.
— Jasmine Browley, Essence, 5 Jan. 2024 -
And here is a woman of color who is at the absolute top of her game.
— Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2023 -
Bond is one of the most senior women of color in gaming.
— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023 -
But nearly all the work dates to the second half of the 20th century, and much of it is by women of color.
— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 2 July 2024 -
There’s a lot of work to be done in tech policy, and a big need for women of color and Gen Z to speak out about it.
— Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024 -
Myart-Cruz was the first woman of color to head the union and has 26 years of teaching experience.
— Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023 -
The post office would also be the first one to recognize a woman of color.
— Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023 -
The brand has been on a mission to double the number of women and triple the number of women of color in STEM careers by 2030.
— Jessica Cruel, Allure, 22 Aug. 2023 -
For women of color, like me, having kids of our own can be the turning point that finally drives us to swim lessons.
— Purnima Mani, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2023 -
Earle-Sears became the second woman and the first woman of color to hold a statewide office.
— Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Sep. 2024 -
In report found that only one in four people in the C-suite is a woman and only one in 20 is a woman of color.
— L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 13 Apr. 2023 -
All seven women are under 40 years old, and six out of the seven are women of color.
— Apress, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024 -
The seven women that will be sworn in next month as council members are all under the age of 40, and six are women of color.
— Adrienne Broaddus, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar and only the second woman of color to take home that award.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023 -
Yeoh could become the second woman of color, and first Asian person, to win lead actress.
— Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023 -
The percentage of women of color in leading roles has remained flat for years.
— Time, 17 Aug. 2023 -
Yet the trip was more than just business for the first woman and first woman of color to hold the office of the American vice president.
— Kent Nishimura, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023 -
Nearly half, or six, of the women producers in 2023 were women of color.
— Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024 -
In Lynch’s tale, these missing women make the news in a way that, Ada notes, Indigenous women and women of color do not.
— Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 20 June 2023 -
While the apps may have algorithms that do not favor women of color, Black women should not give up hope.
— Essence, 15 Apr. 2024 -
The gap for women of color was five times wider than the disparity for white women, the analysis found.
— Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024 -
Yeoh was the first Asian woman to win in the Best Actress category, and only the second woman of color to ever take home the award.
— Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2023 -
The appointment of a woman of color as President, and from within at that, marks a real change.
— Rahul Raj, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023 -
Enter Black Girl Sunscreen, made by a woman of color to address this very issue.
— Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 3 May 2024 -
The headline was that the British government had blocked a woman of color from being appointed to Channel 4’s board for a third time.
— Byrozina Breen, Fortune Europe, 1 Feb. 2024 -
One fatal standoff is between two women of color who appear to be roughly the same age.
— Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024 -
The decision means that Harris, who is of Black and South Asian descent, could be the first woman of color to lead a major-party ticket.
— Anna Gordon, TIME, 22 July 2024 -
Women still earn less than men, making on average about 84% of what men make when working full-time, year-round–and the gap is even wider for women of color.
— Rebecca Feinglos, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Even the idea of using a pick to balance a ticket — like pairing the first major party nominee who is a woman of color with a white male in the case of Harris selecting Walz — may also be overstated.
— Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024 -
Harris, who is of Black and Indian descent, is the first woman of color to secure a major-party nomination for president.
— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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