How to Use Latine in a Sentence

Latine

adjective
Definition of Latinenext
  • The south has a big and growing Latine population that is rarely seen or discussed in mainstream media.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The Dominican artist is bringing back the showgirl aspect of Latine pop as a singer and fierce dancer with a musical theater background.
    — Lucas Villa, refinery29.com, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The Coachella Valley is overwhelmingly Latine, but its namesake city is even more so.
    — Tess Garcia, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Even more, the film feels like a celebration of capitalism, a system that has harmed many Latine workers much like Montañez.
    — Sofía Aguilar, refinery29.com, 20 June 2023
  • The alternative — that future where more Latine people rise to the middle class and get the culture-making power that comes with it — might just hinge on the writers and actors who are striking today.
    — Cristina Escobar, refinery29.com, 17 July 2023
  • Diaz, meanwhile, played a pivotal role in the vibrant underground Latine nightclub scene of Los Angeles.
    — Jordan Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Under Mayor Adams, 97% of police stops were of Black and Latine people and 1-in-4 were unconstitutional.
    — Darren MacK, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Nina's Familia promises to be a welcome and fun addition to your child's learning that also honors the Latine culture in beautiful ways.
    — Tanay Howard, Parents, 28 Sep. 2023
  • This show has the potential to continue challenging Latine stereotypes.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 19 May 2023
  • The normalization of alcohol consumption in Latine culture has put pressure on people to partake in what is now seen as tradition.
    — Constanza Eliana Chinea, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Especially since family so often plays a hand in Latine households.
    — Lola Sanchez, Parents, 29 May 2024
  • This is why Latine death doulas and grief workers, who grew up around death ceremonies and thus feel more comfortable discussing grief and supporting grievers, encourage more expansive perspectives on death.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The lure of horror within Latine culture can serve as an exploration of society, a way to tap into experiences and emotions that can be difficult to talk about or as a way of gathering and passing along pieces of history.
    — Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The vast majority — more than 90% — of those households are Black, Latine, or people of color and are disproportionately located in neighborhoods with the highest poverty rates.
    — Zainab Akbar, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In the entertainment market, this translates into large Latine horror audiences.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The sun gleams with late summer perfection on the beautiful crowd, mostly Black and Latine, and vastly diverse in age—including one elderly woman using a walker, who giggles as the security lady gestures at gently frisking her.
    — Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Wednesday and Pugsley never mentioned their cultural identity, nor have they been historically played by Latine actors.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In one case study, the report cited a new type of checking account Citibank created after a multi-year inclusion effort to understand the barriers to and reach underbanked areas–often Black and Hispanic/Latine communities–with new financial products.
    — Trier Bryant, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Black and Latine people and those with low English proficiency also report being less likely to receive quality contraceptive counseling that focuses on their values and preferences.
    — Christine Dehlendorf, Scientific American, 13 July 2023
  • However, fueled by white supremacy, Reefer Madness was subsequently used as a propaganda device by our government among others to demonize cannabis aficionados, more specifically Black and Latine consumers.
    — Red Rodriguez, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This kind of fictional misinformation becomes more serious in a period when far-right, anti-immigrant politics and white supremacist terrorism remain serious threats to Latine communities.
    — Gabriel Solis, Wired, 29 Oct. 2021

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