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

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

This wasn’t a partition under the aegis of the British Empire: It happened 24 years after the British left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Terence Higgins:, external Represented Great Britain at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a silver medal at the 1950 British Empire Games in New Zealand in the 4x400m relay.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

With the absorption of Europe by Russia and the British Empire by the United States, two of the three existing powers, Eurasia and Oceania, were already effectively in being.

From "1984" by George Orwell