colonial
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Same-sex relationships have been banned in Ghana under laws dating from the British colonial era.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
In 1878, confronting the lowest prices for pig iron since colonial times, American ironmasters wondered if the smokestacks on their idled blast furnaces might serve a higher use as astronomical observatories.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"You're selling back the access to the people," he says, adding that he believes this takes the country back to a kind of "colonial logic".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Pacific island Nauru said it will hold a referendum to change its official name, described as a colonial relic from a time when "foreign tongues" mangled the native language.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
In colonial times, as many as one out of every four trees in between southeastern Canada and Georgia was a chestnut—partly the result, it would seem, of Indian burning and planting.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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