ethnically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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His hometown of about 40,000 residents — Orange County’s second-poorest and most ethnically diverse city — has long been a regional afterthought, the type of community that makes the news only when a tragedy happens.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Two of my dearest friends travel under ethnically neutral names that their parents changed from obviously Jewish ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
“It’s more complicated ethnically, civically and historically,” so a protracted war there “is not going to be like Iraq — it’s going to be 10 times worse,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
These choices reshaped U.S. demographics and institutions, with the current Congress “the most racially and ethnically diverse in history,” according to the Pew Research Center.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026
She was looking at me closely, maybe wondering what a last name like Park meant ethnically.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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