Puerto Rican
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Díaz points to his cousin — Chef Tino, a Puerto Rican chef he grew up watching on television, as one of the figures who shaped the visual and conceptual language of the project.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Experts on Puerto Rican finance and politics say the relationship between González-Colón and the Trump administration is symbiotic though lopsided.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
It had sliced Hasidic-majority Brooklyn Senate and Assembly districts in half to create districts that had significantly larger black and Puerto Rican populations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
The 31-year-old picked up a terrible cut after a clash of heads in the fifth round against the previously unbeaten Puerto Rican.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
“And when Angela, that little Puerto Rican girl, sang ‘Precious Lord,’ everybody was crying.”
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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