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
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
As someone who evacuated but was still directly impacted by the storm, Shepard used her lived experience to influence her research on colonial disasters.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
The design of the Spanish colonial revival project could include ornamental wrought iron balconies, arched entries and tile roofs, Parker said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Adjective
The feature explores the 1936-39 Arab Revolt in which Palestinians rose up against Britain’s colonial rule, against a backdrop of rising Jewish immigration following the country’s support for the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine with the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
As someone who evacuated but was still directly impacted by the storm, Shepard used her lived experience to influence her research on colonial disasters.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
That terrain primed it to operate sugar plantations in colonial times; flatter, drier Barbuda was ill-suited to that crop.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
The design of the Spanish colonial revival project could include ornamental wrought iron balconies, arched entries and tile roofs, Parker said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonial
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Desperate, Sutton-Schulman called a friend who is a social worker in psychiatric hospitals.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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As with any good social-media bit, Silver later doubled down, fleshing out the concept in his newsletter, Silver Bulletin.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whose idea was this, and what kinds of settler-colonial relations does this mock holdup invert?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The earth itself has an abundance of pot-worthy clay, which attracted early settlers and has continued to sustain generations of potters.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Alexander Jabbour is an Engineering Lead at Rilla, an industry pioneer in real-time sales conversation feedback.—
Alexander Jabbour,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can also stop by the Leonard Reid House, built in 1926 by one of Sarasota’s early Black pioneers, Leonard Reid, or visit the Greater Newtown Historical Gallery, a repository of Newtown history that includes family photo collections and artifacts.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Their pacifism later brings them in direct conflict with the colonists gearing up to fight the British.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The over-the-top propaganda that leads the game off suggests the Earth Directorate is here to protect colonists from out-of-control corporations and tyrannical governments.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonial. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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