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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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Pew Research Center women have surpassed men in college completion rates for every ethnic category.
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Solange Charas, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Plus, for those who have it, psoriasis may be more severe in Asians than in other ethnic groups.12
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes patches of thick red or purple skin with silvery scales that may be very itchy.
—Sayaka Blickenderfer, Phd, Health, 18 Jan. 2025
American Alliance for Equal Rights, a group founded by affirmative action foe Edward Blum, in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in federal court in Nashville, alleged the decades-old scholarship program unlawfully discriminates against students from other ethnic groups.
—Nate Raymond, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
In 2023, as ethnic rebel groups gained ground against Myanmar’s ruling junta, powerful warlord families – backed by the military to rule the region and oversee these fraud operations – were apprehended and handed to Chinese police.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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Solange Charas, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Plus, for those who have it, psoriasis may be more severe in Asians than in other ethnic groups.12
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that causes patches of thick red or purple skin with silvery scales that may be very itchy.
—Sayaka Blickenderfer, Phd, Health, 18 Jan. 2025
American Alliance for Equal Rights, a group founded by affirmative action foe Edward Blum, in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in federal court in Nashville, alleged the decades-old scholarship program unlawfully discriminates against students from other ethnic groups.
—Nate Raymond, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
In 2023, as ethnic rebel groups gained ground against Myanmar’s ruling junta, powerful warlord families – backed by the military to rule the region and oversee these fraud operations – were apprehended and handed to Chinese police.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Ethnic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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