ethnic mix

collocation in English

meaningsofethnicandmix

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ethnic
adjective
uk
/ˈeθ.nɪk/us
/ˈeθ.nɪk/
relating or belonging to a group of people who can be seen as distinct (= different) because they have a shared culture, tradition, language, history, ...
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mix
noun
uk
/mɪks/us
/mɪks/
a ...
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(Definition ofethnicandmixfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofethnic mix

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However, the dynamics that produced thisethnicmixwere short-lived.
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It conflates social proximity and distance, political inclusion and exclusion, andethnicmixand segregation.
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My constituency has a richethnicmix.
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One study, for example, reported differences in recruitment of the rightethnicmixprobably to represent the local population (32).
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One element is simply a sociodemographic reality: a certainethnicmixin housing zones, ongoing neighborly relations, socioeconomic proximity, and various modes of joint sociality.
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The studies have included sufficient numbers of both genders and all age ranges, together with an adequateethnicmixto provide data for the target populations.
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Indeed, there is virtually noethnicmixfor miles of fields around.
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Whether the franchise is general or local, there will be anethnicmixin the electorate.
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Our jury system is diverse—inethnicmix, age, background, experience and so on.
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There must be quality and balance among the recruits, the most obvious being theethnicmix.
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It will not upset theethnicmixof our society.
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We must never forget the history as well as theethnicmixof that part of the world.
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They would see just how well the colleges are performing in inner-urban areas containing a considerableethnicmix.
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I am pleased that many faith schools, especially in our main urban centres, contain a wide social andethnicmixof pupils.
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It seems to be referring in a narrower sense to gender, age,ethnicmix, representation of the regions and so on.
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Secondly, theethnicmixof this country will not be upset....
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The interest arose from the school choosing to look at diversity despite its very lowethnicmix.
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The modernethnicmixof many nations, settled in the last two centuries, has been influenced by table sugar.
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Urdu, the national and first official language of the country, is predominantly spoken within the city due to theethnicmixof populations.
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Not only was there a diverseethnicmixin the group, but there was also diversity in ages and musical backgrounds.
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The modernethnicmixof many nations that have been settled in the last two centuries has been influenced by the demand for sugar.
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