as in ethnic
of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture
a tribal solidarity that transcends all other loyalties or bonds
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Recent Examples of tribal
Still, some tribal members wonder why more money isn’t spread around.
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Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 21 May 2025
In 2024, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated the program would reach 21 million children, distributing about $2.5 billion in benefits across 35 states, five U.S. territories, and four tribal nations.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The team drew upon both tribal knowledge of environmental events as well as the cutting-edge scientific tools.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
The tribal nations who brought the lawsuit and their attorneys are assessing whether to appeal the panel's decision, Mauda Moran, a spokesperson for the Native American Rights Fund, and Brendan Quinn, a spokesperson for the Campaign Legal Center, tell NPR.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 14 May 2025
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Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 21 May 2025
In 2024, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated the program would reach 21 million children, distributing about $2.5 billion in benefits across 35 states, five U.S. territories, and four tribal nations.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The team drew upon both tribal knowledge of environmental events as well as the cutting-edge scientific tools.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
The tribal nations who brought the lawsuit and their attorneys are assessing whether to appeal the panel's decision, Mauda Moran, a spokesperson for the Native American Rights Fund, and Brendan Quinn, a spokesperson for the Campaign Legal Center, tell NPR.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tribal
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Apartheid, a system of legalized segregation, deprived the majority of citizens of basic rights and forced many Black South Africans to live in ethnic Bantustans.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Archbishops Patrick Feehan and James Edward Quigley, both appointed by the last Pope Leo, nurtured separate parishes for Chicago’s ethnic groups.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Mentions of employee resource groups, which are often centered around racial or gender groups and were a frequent casualty of the corporate push away from DEI, dropped between 2024 and 2025, and many of these references mention these groups are open to all.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The outlet reports that the images were obtained by the university for Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz to use as evidence for a discredited pseudoscientific theory of Black racial inferiority in defense of slavery.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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The United Nations broadly defines genocide as seriously harming or killing members of a group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2022
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Pippa Small Getty ImagesJeff Spicer/BFC Meghan's support for ethnical clothing labels naturally extends to her jewelry collection.—
Marina Liao,
Marie Claire,
2 Jan. 2019
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“Tribal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tribal. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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