British Empire
Example Sentences
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The Trump administration is seeking to have his image on a $250 bill to celebrate the country's 250th anniversary since independence from the British Empire.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The war was fought between 1899 and 1902 between the British Empire and the two independent Boer states who were vying for control of South Africa.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
They read Wong Kim Ark and other sources as having incorporated British common-law doctrine deeming anyone born in the British Empire a subject of the crown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Ancient, patriarchal and oracular, Tennyson was not merely the poet laureate of England; he was, like his queen, a symbol of the British Empire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It was a vintage Franklin performance, reminiscent of his bemused but devastating recommendations to the English government in 1770 about the surest means to take the decisive action guaranteed to destroy the British Empire.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
