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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

North Korea has recently been hurling criticism at Japan, a former regional colonial power, over what Pyongyang describes as its remilitarisation.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 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

Behind him, house after gorgeous colonial house passed in rapid-fire succession, their colors winking at us through her window.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

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

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

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 term is also historically inaccurate, he said, because the first U.S. president and his contemporaries would not have identified as colonials.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2023

Year-round, elegant colonials and ramblers, with their classic details, red brick and stonework, grace Colonial Village in Northwest Washington.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2022

He despised those American colonials who had fought against his England, yet he still chose to settle in Philadelphia, where he set up a royalist newspaper called The Porcupine's Gazette.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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