How to Use Latine in a Sentence

Latine

adjective
  • For Black and Latine youth, social media presents a more complex landscape.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 17 July 2024
  • 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
  • Especially since family so often plays a hand in Latine households.
    — Lola Sanchez, Parents, 29 May 2024
  • The Coachella Valley is overwhelmingly Latine, but its namesake city is even more so.
    — Tess Garcia, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Much of the distaste Latine parents have for sleepovers is rooted in the fear that children will be exposed to different values that might not align with their own.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 2 July 2024
  • 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
  • This show has the potential to continue challenging Latine stereotypes.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 19 May 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 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
  • Diaz, meanwhile, played a pivotal role in the vibrant underground Latine nightclub scene of Los Angeles.
    — Jordan Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Trump and Vance’s anti-immigration and strong border rhetoric targets the Latine community.
    — Ayendy Bonifacio, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
  • In the entertainment market, this translates into large Latine horror audiences.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • The lack of disabled actors in Hollywood (especially Black and Latine ones) is a systemic, industry-wide issue.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • According to a 2021 report, Latine youth are nearly twice as likely as white youth to have no or limited independent digital skills.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 17 July 2024
  • Of course, plenty of Latine people send gadgets, clothes, shoes, and more to their homelands — often paying extra for international shipping or an additional bag at the airport.
    — Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 16 July 2024
  • Wednesday and Pugsley never mentioned their cultural identity, nor have they been historically played by Latine actors.
    — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Across Los Angeles County, a new generation of Latine community organizers have come of age and are ready to cast their ballots for the first time and help others do the same.
    — Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • These same schools disproportionately serve Black and Latine students, English Learner students, students with disabilities, and students living in poverty.
    — Jessica Alcantara and Laura Petty, TIME, 22 July 2024

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