colonial
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“Is it based on colonial standards? Or is it based on maintaining our cultural richness and our legacy, that is handed down to us regardless of where we are?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The study, "Large size of the Australian Indigenous population prior to its massive decline following colonial invasion," was published in Nature Human Behaviour.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
After America defeated the Marianas’ colonial ruler in the Spanish-American War, it wanted a base to project power over the western Pacific.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
New geopolitical realities seemed possible—the demise of the European colonial order, the rise of the U.S. as a superpower and the transformation of Asia into a region of nation-states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
People called it different names according to their languages, but when the white men came in the colonial days, they named it the Volta.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Their seasoned troops, reinforced by Hessian mercenaries, faced an amateurish and poorly provisioned army of colonials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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 wealthiest and most international city in America, its grand mansions and comfortable houses would obviously be useful as a base for an invading army that was just beginning a campaign against uppity colonials.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
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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