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colonial

[kuh-loh-nee-uhl] / kəˈloʊ ni əl /


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What they did share was a brutal colonial past, and a longing to achieve economic self-determination.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

L.A.’s roots in colonial agriculture run long and deep.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

For eight years, forces led by France, the former colonial power, contained the Islamists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Many in the US have an instinctive hostility to what they see as a colonial hangover and the desire to maintain influence in Latin America.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

In a series of publications that stretched to the 1970s, the two men combed through colonial financial, census, and land records.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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