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a person who settles in a new region
the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges
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Recent Examples of colonizer
Who owns a colonized culture — the colonizers, or its original creators?
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
Video Ad Feedback Indigenous lawmaker calls Queen Elizabeth II a colonizer during ceremony
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On Monday, protesters stood with an Aboriginal flag as the royal couple visited the Australian War Memorial.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
When all one sees is colonized and colonizers, certain experiences register and others do not.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
People of European descent in New Caledonia distinguish between descendants of colonizers and descendants of the many prisoners sent to the territory by force.
—Barbara Surk, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
Video Ad Feedback Indigenous lawmaker calls Queen Elizabeth II a colonizer during ceremony
01:24 - Source: CNN
On Monday, protesters stood with an Aboriginal flag as the royal couple visited the Australian War Memorial.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
When all one sees is colonized and colonizers, certain experiences register and others do not.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
People of European descent in New Caledonia distinguish between descendants of colonizers and descendants of the many prisoners sent to the territory by force.
—Barbara Surk, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
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Her family's land was seized by Israeli settlers at the end of July.Britt Clennett, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Huckabee has advocated for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967, and has backed Israeli settlers in the territory.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Claressa Shields and Laila Ali, women’s boxing pioneer and the daughter of Muhammad Ali, used to be close.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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That gave Sammet the opportunity to work with computing pioneer Grace Hopper on the UNIVAC I, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer manufactured in the United States.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024
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But white colonists’ aversion to arming enslaved people prevented many Black Americans from joining the Patriot cause.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The colonists pleged to remain loyal to Bavaria and the German language and their traditons.Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
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Africa’s curriculum is, in itself, a masterclass in disassembling the visual politics of beauty as a colonial construct.Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
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The experience is enhanced by the world-class Belmond service, inside a stunning 16th-century colonial mansion that has garnered two Michelin keys and is one of only 21 hotels in Mexico to achieve that honor, according to the brand.Paula Conway, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Colonizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizer. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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