How to Use indigenous in a Sentence

indigenous

adjective
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  • There are several indigenous groups that still live in the area.
  • But over time, the word morphed into a misogynist and racist term to disparage indigenous women, experts say.
    — Mead Gruver, Chron, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Over time, the word morphed into a misogynist and racist term to disparage indigenous women, experts say.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Bird Singer Zion White performed an indigenous dance to celebrate Native culture.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Shukla is thrilled that this peaceful movement of indigenous communities against large coal mining businesses has gained global recognition.
    — Anupama Chandrasekaran, NPR, 30 May 2024
  • The editing sustains this artificial narrative with remarkable skill and a sense of rubato in tune with the Inuit’s indigenous way of life.
    — Peter Cowie, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Jackendoff and Taboo's Werewolf is also touched by a family curse, but the duo reimagined him as an indigenous man named Jake Gomez.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2022
  • There is a focus on indigenous ingredients and preparations, but rendered in a very contemporary, very Miami way.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022
  • His family has both business rivalries and blood relations with the local indigenous population, and his crew has taken on everything from modern-day rustlers to rogue grizzly bears.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The Day of the Dead has roots in indigenous Aztec culture.
    — Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 25 July 2022
  • The path had been cut by the indigenous Beothuk people.
    — Longreads, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The fall armyworms, which are indigenous to the U.S., are the larval stage of the fall armyworm moth.
    — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The subject of indigenous peoples is near and dear to her heart.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • How has the indigenous fashion sector changed over the years?
    — Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
  • But the lands where those trees grow were taken from an indigenous group known as the Mapuche.
    — Eduardo Thomson, Bloomberg.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • It's named for the indigenous Caddo people, who settled in the area in the early 1800s.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Take a tour to learn about the indigenous people who first occupied the area.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2021
  • That drink is tejate, an indigenous name that means nectar of the gods.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Marzio Emilio Villa is a black-indigenous artist born in Brazil in 1987 and who lives and works in Milan.
    — Vogue, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There’s also a sense of connection to the earth that is one of the hallmarks of indigenous people of that time.
    — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 31 May 2021
  • The trees are indigenous to the Houston area and promise to be hardy and low-maintenance.
    — Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The Sámi, the indigenous people in the far north of Europe and Russia, are ready to share their stories with the world.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Kente is indigenous to the Asante kingdom, in what is now Ghana.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 9 June 2020
  • The indigenous people of the region had been at it for countless centuries.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 17 June 2020
  • Instead, an indigenous design will be on the bank note.
    — Town & Country, 6 Feb. 2023
  • This limit doesn't apply to African cobras or vipers that aren't indigenous to the state.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 7 July 2021
  • But for most of Picard’s new allies, the demons are indigenous to their inner selves.
    — Laurence Scott, Wired, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The Australia team posed with a flag of Australia's indigenous people.
    — Graham Dunbar, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • And more than a few indigenous scholars and activists have been asking just that.
    — Jeff Yang, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Jesus has been portrayed as Korean, a Black man with dreadlocks, as an indigenous Māori with a full-faced tattoo, and even as a Black woman.
    — John Blake, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024

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