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colonial

[kuh-loh-nee-uhl] / kəˈloʊ ni əl /


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There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and the British.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Multiple factors caused the famine, including the potato blight that destroyed the main source of food, and the political and socioeconomic circumstances of British colonial rule.

From BBC • May 22, 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

Dutch colonial records refer to Anthony as a Turk or “Mauhammetan,” despite the absence of any Muslim religiosity on his part.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The death rate among indentured servants in colonial America was very high.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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