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colonial

[kuh-loh-nee-uhl] / kəˈloʊ ni əl /


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"There were lots of them and several colonial nest areas in the dry sandy ground," said Phillips.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the king would acknowledge the "darkest days" of colonial rule and slavery during the trip.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

We’ve lived in the same four-bedroom colonial for 32 of those years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

To those images, he adds still lifes he has made of colonial art collections or the architecture of old slave dungeons in Ghana, where the imprisoned were held before transport to the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

By the 1630s, most people in colonial Virginia—whether they had chosen their life or not—were indentured servants.

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

Many Americans in this 250th year of independence will look back proudly on those colonials who rebelled against British taxation by dumping tea in Boston Harbor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Proponents of prohibition argued that drinking culture was alien to India – while that’s debatable, the colonials filled their coffers with the liquor tax and certainly encouraged it.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025

The houses — in a mix of styles including split-levels and Dutch colonials — are on quarter-acre lots surrounded by mature trees and shrubs.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

In western and southern 22207, new construction is beginning to overtake the postwar ranches, colonials, and split-levels built in the first wave of suburbanization.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2020

Fortunately there were all sorts and types of colonials.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie


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