British Empire
Example Sentences
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The register, external lists 13,000 individuals and hundreds of institutions known to have invested in Britain's role in slavery between 1563 and 1807, when the trade was abolished across the British Empire.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Bank of England made the British Empire the mightiest in the world, but the North American colonies remained a financial backwater as they struggled to assert their independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In 2022, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire during Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, recognizing Tyler’s contributions to music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Trump administration is seeking to have his image on a $250 bill to celebrate the country's 250th anniversary since independence from the British Empire.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Born in 1871 to a handyman and his wife in New Zealand when it was a remote outpost of the British Empire, Rutherford became an intuitive theorist and the preeminent experimental physicist of his age.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
