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castes

  • plural
    of caste.
    caste

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"And a majority of them are from underprivileged castes and communities. Anyone who can afford sends their children to private school," he adds.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Last year, the government announced a census to enumerate the country’s castes officially.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Another challenge lies in data collection - castes have many subgroups, raising questions about the right level of classification.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Most ants have two morphologically differentiated adult castes -- queens and workers -- each irreversibly specialized for either reproduction or nonreproductive altruism such as foraging, defense and care of maternal brood.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024

But their jaws were so enormous that they had to carry themselves very erect, and they could not make quite as good time as the other castes.

From Jungle Peace by William Beebe