as in social
tending to group with others of the same kind
colonial organisms
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as in settler
a person who settles in a new region
European colonials who built coffee plantations in East Africa
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Recent Examples of colonial
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2026
The movie continues its tradition of addressing social issues, this time focusing on human equality and colonial looting, with pointed dialogue criticizing the British Empire.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
Kailey Schuyler,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
Like many nations, Morocco’s devotion to soccer is a vestige of its colonial past.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
Of course, Oaxaca's appeal also extends beyond the plate, with colorful colonial architecture, bustling markets, centuries-old churches, and a flourishing art scene.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2026
The movie continues its tradition of addressing social issues, this time focusing on human equality and colonial looting, with pointed dialogue criticizing the British Empire.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026
Noun
Crews are wanting to learn more about the earthen fortification, known as the redoubt, which is essentially a dirt fort colonial soldiers built by hand overnight before fighting began.
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Kailey Schuyler,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
Like many nations, Morocco’s devotion to soccer is a vestige of its colonial past.
—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonial
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If philosophy begins in wonder, trenchant social drama seems to start in laughter.
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Some may argue that the more the merrier applies as much to advocacy for social justice as to anything else.
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But that friendship was betrayed as settlers dried up the Gila with upstream dams and diversions.
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Some people, including descendents of long-ago English, Welsh and Scotch-Irish settlers, now identify themselves simply as American.
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As a kid, Grant was an Eagle scout, and essentially built a historical trail after discovering pioneer grave sites.
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The pioneer of the world’s largest Bitcoin asset treasury attended the president’s first crypto summit at the White House in March 2025.
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And the war that was fought in the backcountry would serve as a catalyst for the Revolutionary War when the British king decided to help pay down war debt by taxing the colonists.
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English colonists from Barbados and Bermuda settled in the region during that time, bringing with them enslaved Africans with their own abundant culinary heritage.
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“Colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonial. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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