Example Sentences

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African-Americans and Hispanics are about twice as likely to have a brain aneurysm rupture compared to caucasians, according to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

I’ve gotten a lot of feedback from friends and co-workers, particularly caucasians, expressing amazement that this happened to me and that it is evidently so common.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2016

Most participants are younger caucasians, but different ethnicities and ages respond uniquely to treatments, and most oncology treatments are approved only through trials.

From US News • May 23, 2016

Elsewhere he cites five, adding Australasian and Native American; or seven, splitting caucasians into people from Europe, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.

From Nature • Sep. 16, 2014

It's almost like saying that because a novel only includes caucasians that the author was racist.

From Time • Jan. 5, 2013