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Recent Examples of ethnicity
Along with genes, family history, and ethnicity may also play a role in the development of MASH.
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Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 12 July 2025
Using mortality data from the California Comprehensive Death Files and population estimates from the American Community Survey, the researchers calculated annual life expectancy from 2019 to 2024, breaking the figures down by race, ethnicity, income and cause of death.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Mamdani is of South Asian ethnicity and was born in Uganda.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 7 July 2025
They are shared regardless of income or education level, race or ethnicity.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 12 July 2025
Using mortality data from the California Comprehensive Death Files and population estimates from the American Community Survey, the researchers calculated annual life expectancy from 2019 to 2024, breaking the figures down by race, ethnicity, income and cause of death.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Mamdani is of South Asian ethnicity and was born in Uganda.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 7 July 2025
They are shared regardless of income or education level, race or ethnicity.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnicity
Noun
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Swimmers competing as neutrals – mainly those with Russian nationality – were tested 8.2 times on average.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Hernandez is among a dozen Honduran, Nicaraguan and Nepali TPS holders who filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday regarding its decision to end the protections for their nationalities.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
Noun
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At the end of Trump’s second term, perhaps the incoming president, whether a Republican or Democrat, might then be able to chip away at our subsidies and tariffs in coordination with the rest of world, find a path forward that works sufficiently well enough for all nations.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The moves come after Chevron won against Exxon Mobil in a dispute over Hess' offshore oil assets in the South American nation of Guyana.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The '60s were dominated by star-gazing and the space race which are fundamental to the film as the quartet of heroes get their powers when they are exposed to a burst of celestial radiation during a space mission.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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An annual race, Pat's Run, is held each spring in Tempe, Arizona, to honor him and raise funds for the Pat Tillman Foundation.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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“Ethnicity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnicity. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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