How to Use precolonial in a Sentence

precolonial

adjective

• That rich pot of love has been a New World staple for centuries, dating back to precolonial times in Mexico.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Nov. 2021
• In precolonial times, with the influence of Malay ancestors, natives made cakes out of sticky rice and coconut milk.
  — Jasmine Ting, Bon Appétit, 7 Apr. 2021
• La Cerva favors that interpretation as well, noting that the precolonial forests and plains of North America were also gently groomed by humans to encourage the growth of game.
  — Outside Online, 24 May 2020
• Flames flickered on precolonial lands from lightning strikes and intentional fires set by Native Americans.
  — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2020
• Few precolonial structures remain in New Zealand today.
  — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2023
• For Indigenous artists, retrieving precolonial conceptions of gender can be a way to repudiate a colonial legacy of debasement and erasure.
  — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
• These recipes—including pozole rojo, green chile tostadas, and mayocoba bean sopes—draw from traditional techniques and precolonial Indigenous ingredients like squash and corn.
  — Bon Appétit, 14 Mar. 2022
• In the ‘60s, a precolonial Mayan codex, looted from some unknown locale in southwestern Mexico, materialized in a private collection in Mexico City.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• Honing in on the promotion of precolonial agricultural techniques, Mariposas Rebeldes guides Atlantans on monthly botanical walks, presents workshops with chefs, food scientists, and farmers, and hosts virtual drag shows.
  — Eva Reign, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2021
• Across the archipelago, but especially in its capital of San Juan, vegan restaurants are offering locals and tourists signature meals rich in isle ingredients and precolonial techniques.
  — Raquel Reichard, Bon Appétit, 24 Feb. 2021
• Others articulated vague utopian visions of small-farm collectives or precolonial communal agriculture.
  — Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024