ethnic minority
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Research carried out by Lammy in 2017, before he was a minister, revealed that juries were particularly trusted by ethnic minority defendants.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The Kurds, an ethnic minority with a distinct culture and language, are rooted in the mountainous region spread across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Shah was one of eight people from an ethnic minority background to be featured on the Heathrow posters.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Younger women, those with disabilities, or those from ethnic minority communities and LGBT+ groups are more likely to miss appointments, officials say.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
More than 90 percent of the school’s nine hundred students were black or from an ethnic minority; a fifth of them were the children of immigrants or asylum seekers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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