colonial
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Sybilla Masters, who lived in colonial Pennsylvania, invented machinery that mechanized the time-consuming, arduous task of pounding corn by hand into usable meal or flour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The Philippines — with a long, if fraught colonial relationship to American pop culture — punches above its weight in music.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
It’s worth noting that it was the American officials at the treaty’s drafting sessions who insisted on Article 6, so that the U.S. military would not get roped in to fight Europe’s colonial wars.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026
"Many of Sydney's early colonial buildings are held together with oyster shell."
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
In practice, wrote colonial leader Roger Williams, "they will not conclude of ought. . . unto which the people are averse."
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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