How to Use precolonial in a Sentence
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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
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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
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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
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Flames flickered on precolonial lands from lightning strikes and intentional fires set by Native Americans.
—Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2020
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Few precolonial structures remain in New Zealand today.
—Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Others articulated vague utopian visions of small-farm collectives or precolonial communal agriculture.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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