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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

Ms. Fernando, an environmental historian at Stony Brook University, writes about the encounters between what she characterizes as colonial and precolonial forms of knowledge during this period.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Head of Marine at the Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Georgia de Jong Cleyndert, said although the "incredible" blue creatures looked like jellyfish, they were actually colonial hydrozoans.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

It looked just like the photographs I’d seen: a modest two-story colonial with red vinyl siding.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The Singhs sold clocks and watches to the colonials while secretly rebelling against British rule.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

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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