How to Use person of color in a Sentence

person of color

noun phrase
  • Where does any person of color?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 16 June 2026
  • There was only one person of color hired.
    — Calvin Watkins feb. 2, Dallas Morning News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The first woman and person of color to visit lunar realms.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • All of a sudden, this is one of the most popular shows in the world, and the main character has a boss who’s a person of color.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If all goes to plan, the mission will bring the first woman, person of color and non-American close to the moon.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026
  • If one woman or person of color is hired to one of these roles, the previous team receives a third-round comp pick in each of the next two drafts.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Suggs is the first woman and person of color to lead the district in its 63-year history.
    — Carley Lanich, IndyStar, 10 Feb. 2026
  • For jobs and programs to be wiped out because some don’t want a woman, person of color, veteran or disabled person to apply seems unfair.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The rule requires that teams interview external candidates who are persons of color or women for coaching and front office jobs.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
  • For a film about jazz, there is scarcely a person of color in sight — a likely byproduct of its production context, though one that casts the text in intriguing relief.
    — Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Thurmond, who is Black and Latino, posted a video accusing the party of urging every person of color to drop out of the race.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Yoon will be only the third director in ISP’s history and the first women and person of color to lead the program.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
  • Networking and building relationships can also come with overcoming barriers, such as being the only person of color in the room at times.
    — Essence, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, sparsely settled Los Angeles was a land of relative possibility for a person of color.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 June 2026
  • There were no questions about how a scholarship set aside for a person of color hasn’t been given out in years, or why four of five professors approved for and then abruptly denied tenure were minorities.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
  • There were no questions about how a scholarship set aside for a person of color hasn’t been given out in years, or why four of five professors approved for and then abruptly denied tenure were minorities.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • This first Artemis crew includes a woman, a person of color and a Canadian, products of a more diversified astronaut corps.
    — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Koch, Glover and Hansen were the first woman, person of color and non-American to leave low Earth orbit, respectively.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Even when a person of color or woman candidate isn’t hired, being selected for an interview can strengthen that candidate’s credentials and help with future job pursuits.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 May 2026
  • California has never elected a woman as governor, and only once has a person of color held the state’s highest office, making this race potentially historic for the state.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • In 2022, she was appointed president and became the first woman and person of color to lead the 156-year-old institution.
    — Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Across the biggest jobs in corporate America, the chief executives and the chief financial and operating officers, fewer than one in seven seats belongs to a person of color, and only a hair more to a woman.
    — Aparna Rae, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The film had also already drawn criticism for its unusual casting, including Robbie's age in contrast to the novel and the decision to cast Elordi as Heathcliff, rather than a person of color.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Much like Anderson does, Aster also juxtaposes the ineptitude of his white protagonist with an adept person of color.
    — Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Artists in the 18th century would often include a person of color, who would sometimes be imaginary, in their portraits of wealthy white sitters to embellish the painting and highlight the high status of the main subject, according to the researchers.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • That includes the 2001 death sentence for Miguel Augustine Lopez, who was condemned after Anderson successfully managed to keep every person of color from sitting on his jury.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • As for underrepresented status, half of all films released by Disney (50%), Lionsgate (50%), and Sony Pictures (50%) were led by a person of color.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In the years that followed, the Rooney Rule expanded to require interviews of at least two external candidates who are persons of color or women, including for coordinator and general manager jobs, with similar rules instituted for other positions.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 May 2026
  • Before the assignment, Grandberry, a second-generation American whose grandparents emigrated from Jamaica, didn’t understand how a person of color could identify as a Republican.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • Of the 1,262 applications submitted this year, nearly half of applicants identified as a person of color; nearly 20% self-identified as an immigrant; 13% as the child of an immigrant and 10% as a person with a disability.
    — Mars King, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026

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