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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a oriental" is not correct in written English.
The term "Oriental" is considered outdated and potentially offensive when referring to people or cultures.
Example: "She is an expert in a field related to Asian studies."
Alternatives: "an Asian" or "a person from the East".
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The animal was given food (PS-A; Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) and water ad libitum, and also daily fruit/dry treats as a means of enrichment and novelty.
A woman with an oriental fan.
Degas paints the woman against an Oriental city, a fantasy version of the view against which Ingres had painted Granet.
It's still a bit like an Oriental bazaar — but that, after all, is the oldest form of marketing.
It was well furnished with an oriental rug, a large oak table and other such items.
A woman in a red turtleneck snagged an Oriental rug for $125.
Dynamite was milky and innocuous beside that report of C25; and even an Oriental, with an Oriental's views of the value of time, could see that the sooner it was in the proper hands the better.
A recent example is an oriental plane near Waitrose in Wokingham town centre.
"In Milano they can never use a black girl or an oriental.
They opened an oriental shop, bought a patch of land and settled down.
He said nothing, though, because he possessed "a modern sensibility with an Oriental caution".
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