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colonial

[kuh-loh-nee-uhl] / kəˈloʊ ni əl /


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The two of them live on-site in what looks like a family home straight out of a 1990s Disney film, a white colonial home with blue shutters.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

During colonial expansion, European breeds spread across much of the world and replaced numerous older lineages.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

They bought the three-bedroom colonial in Peabody for $751,000 in mid-June with a 30-year mortgage with a rate of 5.85%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, her account gives luster to a less-trodden route in commercial and colonial history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The first British colonial militias fought Indigenous people and French and Spanish colonizers.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

Stately, white colonials are on one block, while modest Spanish revivals sit on the next.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2025

Developers opened up this part of Arlington in the 1950s, building ranches and colonials, working from the same three or four floor plans across a dozen square miles.

From Slate Mar. 6, 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

Fortunately there were all sorts and types of colonials.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie




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