as in racial
of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture
a festival featuring ethnic food and music
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Simultaneously, ethnic separatist groups in the southwestern province of Baluchistan have regained momentum, increasingly targeting security forces and Chinese nationals involved in projects under the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s infrastructure investment program.
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Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
While California Latinos have essentially been clamoring for the equivalent of a Marshall Plan to build the economy for the state’s largest ethnic group, the political overemphasis on those here illegally continues unabated.
—Mike Madrid, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
Determined to become champion, she is forced to confront her ethnic identity as the only woman on the track.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Kurdish communities, in particular, have expressed wariness about HTS, given the group’s past association with Al Qaeda and the uncertain future of ethnic and religious minorities under its control.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
While California Latinos have essentially been clamoring for the equivalent of a Marshall Plan to build the economy for the state’s largest ethnic group, the political overemphasis on those here illegally continues unabated.
—Mike Madrid, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
Determined to become champion, she is forced to confront her ethnic identity as the only woman on the track.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
Kurdish communities, in particular, have expressed wariness about HTS, given the group’s past association with Al Qaeda and the uncertain future of ethnic and religious minorities under its control.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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