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race lifts

race lifts is the plural of race lift.

race lifts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of race lift.

Meaning of race lift

Noun

race lift (plural race lifts)

  1. The changing of the race of a character, protagonist, etc., in a work of art, literature, etc.
    • Characters who are ethnic minorities in original works are recast as Caucasians in adaptations so frequently that the phenomenon has its own nickname: it’s called a race lift.2014, Richard Rosenbaum, Raise Some Shell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, →ISBN, page 26

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Questions about race lifts

What is race lifts the plural of?
Race lifts is the plural of race lift.

Words near race lifts in the dictionary

  1. race knife
  2. race knives
  3. race lift
  4. race lifted
  5. race lifting
  6. race lifts
  7. race meeting
  8. race meetings
  9. race memories
  10. race memory
  11. race mixer

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