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subjugation

[suhb-juh-gay-shuhn] / ˌsʌb dʒəˈgeɪ ʃən /






















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And could other advanced, independent civilizations have also flourished within China’s current borders before their subjugation?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Koreans began immigrating to Los Angeles in the early 1900s as Korea lost independence to Japan, with a formal subjugation in 1910.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

Like the Arch of Titus, this monument glorifies the destruction and subjugation of a conquered people.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025

Within months of her 1836 arrival in New York, Ernestine Rose, a Polish-born rabbi’s daughter, began traveling around the United States condemning women’s subjugation, economic inequality, organized religion, and chattel slavery.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025

But the price is subjugation to a way of life completely alien to their urges and desires.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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