Diverse

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This news word is about the nominations for the American film awards known as the Oscars.

Diverse.

This year’s nominees are more diverse than in recent years.

In both 2015 and 2016, all 20 of the nominees for acting awards were white.

This year, seven people of color were nominated for acting awards.

Diverse means differing from one another.

In this example, diverse refers to a better representation of minority groups among the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards.

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