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as in ethnicity
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a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions
Winston Churchill's famous hope and prediction that World War II would be remembered by future generations as the finest hour of the Britannic race
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as in family
archaic
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the last descendent of a race of kings
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India
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Recent Examples of race
Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Tax cut proposals are popping up in state races, too.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Andrew Rasiej, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
The eight-second violation resulted in one of Pritchard’s four turnovers, but Gonzalez atoned for his defensive lapse by racing for a buzzer-beating fast-break slam after a Baylor Scheierman steal.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Another recent case, filed March 11, is the multi-state effort opposing the administration’s demand that colleges provide detailed information about students offered admission, including race, gender and other characteristics.
—Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Tax cut proposals are popping up in state races, too.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
Google, Meta, Anthropic, and a Chinese startup called DeepSeek all raced to compete.
—Andrew Rasiej, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
The eight-second violation resulted in one of Pritchard’s four turnovers, but Gonzalez atoned for his defensive lapse by racing for a buzzer-beating fast-break slam after a Baylor Scheierman steal.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for race
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Starting in June, dozens of postal carriers in Spartanburg, South Carolina and Huntsville, Alabama will ask personal questions about race, ethnicity and the relationships of residents in households that haven't responded to a test census questionnaire online.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Cancelling grants and funding on the basis of DEI constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and other qualities, the organizations claimed.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Advice columnist Carolyn Hax takes your comments and questions most Fridays about life, family, relationships and more.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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In an email sent to families on Tuesday afternoon, the Park Hill School District identified Walker as the woman killed in the crash that left four other teenagers injured.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2026
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Republicans are, for the most part, supportive of transgender policies Trump has asked them to tack on as well, one that would restrict surgeries for minors and another preventing biological males from competing in women’s sports.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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About 93% of 35,000 villages, towns and cities selected their mayors in the first round last week, with mostly one or two candidates, not associated with any party, competing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Several commercial outfits have recently announced big funding influxes aimed at speeding up the development and launch of new orbiting outposts.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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Poehling took a pass from Killorn, sped down the left side, cut right and shot against the grain to the left.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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But in a 6-2 decision, the high court sided with Wong; citing the 14th Amendment, a majority of justices affirmed that everyone born in the United States – regardless of the citizenship or nationality of their parents – are automatic citizens, with rare and narrow exceptions.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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The woman's nationality was not immediately clear.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Fifty languages are spoken by a dozen ethnic groups, which include my tribe, the Ogoni, the Ijaw (the delta’s largest ethnic group), as well as the Ilaje, Ibibio, Andoni, Itsekiri, and Urhobo peoples.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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This need to demonstrate moral superiority vis-Ã -vis their neighbors necessarily makes much of leftism performative in nature, dedicated to signaling both contempt for deplorables and membership in an enlightened tribe.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Advocates contend the findings reveal troubling conditions behind an industry that supplies plants and flowers to major retailers across the country.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Time will tell if the Halos have enough talent to contend in a division the Seattle Mariners are heavily favored to win.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Earlier this week, an asteroid weighing about 7 tons and traveling at 45,000 mph traveled over multiple states.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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While a new museum for its display is being built in Jerusalem, a selection of objects has traveled to the United States for the first time.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Race.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/race. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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