Hispanic
adjective
Hispanics
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pluralof Hispanic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Newsweek magazine featured Villaraigosa on its cover with the headline, “Latino Power: L.A.’s New Mayor and How Hispanics will change American Politics.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Hispanics and Latinos have moved away from him.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Since law-school enrollment generally grew over these two years, the share of seats held by blacks and Hispanics did fall marginally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
That figure is around 30% for Hispanics, who are 37% of the US Catholic population.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
Such was the foolish logic of this program of social reform: Because many Hispanics were absent from higher education, I became with my matriculation an exception, a numerical minority.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
