as in adolescences
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
a teenager during his minority has some of the rights of an adult, but not all
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Recent Examples of minorities
More than 60% of voters approved the Fair Districts Amendment in 2010, which bans partisan gerrymandering and redrawing maps to dilute the power of racial minorities.
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Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Before joining Daqo New Energy, Zhang was an executive at JinkoSolar, another Chinese firm that has been accused of benefiting from China’s repression of ethnic and religious minorities.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026
Some of its members and those of some of its sister organizations have been implicated in – or accused of - instigating attacks against India's Muslim and Christian minorities.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
The group said the results from a sergeant's exam at the end of last year were released on April 2, and the top 12 officers who scored the highest were minorities.
—Bri Buckley, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
The recently formed Racial Disparities Review Committee comes nearly 13 years after a federal judge ruled that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the nation’s largest police force violated the constitutional rights of minorities.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Under Hegseth, however, nearly two dozen top officers have been fired or sidelined, many of whom are women or minorities, with no public explanation of such radical disruptions.
—Steven Beynon, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
The agency that runs the program enacted emergency rules removing women and minorities from the program, but four business owners and a trade association sued.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Orbán used his supermajority to consolidate power, weaken the independence of the country’s courts, change the election system and restrict the rights of some minorities.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Before joining Daqo New Energy, Zhang was an executive at JinkoSolar, another Chinese firm that has been accused of benefiting from China’s repression of ethnic and religious minorities.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2026
Some of its members and those of some of its sister organizations have been implicated in – or accused of - instigating attacks against India's Muslim and Christian minorities.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026
The group said the results from a sergeant's exam at the end of last year were released on April 2, and the top 12 officers who scored the highest were minorities.
—Bri Buckley, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
The recently formed Racial Disparities Review Committee comes nearly 13 years after a federal judge ruled that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the nation’s largest police force violated the constitutional rights of minorities.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Under Hegseth, however, nearly two dozen top officers have been fired or sidelined, many of whom are women or minorities, with no public explanation of such radical disruptions.
—Steven Beynon, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
The agency that runs the program enacted emergency rules removing women and minorities from the program, but four business owners and a trade association sued.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Orbán used his supermajority to consolidate power, weaken the independence of the country’s courts, change the election system and restrict the rights of some minorities.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minorities. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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