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colonial

[kuh-loh-nee-uhl] / kəˈloʊ ni əl /


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During colonial expansion, European breeds spread across much of the world and replaced numerous older lineages.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

They bought the three-bedroom colonial in Peabody for $751,000 in mid-June with a 30-year mortgage with a rate of 5.85%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

The legacy of the violent colonial period continues to weigh on the foreign policies of both North and South Korea.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Decades of American colonial rule bequeathed the nation with a passion for basketball.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

But he was not a mover-and-shaker, only a draftsman; the words he wrote were merely the lyrical expression of ideas that had been bandied about in the Congress and the various colonial legislatures for years.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Their seasoned troops, reinforced by Hessian mercenaries, faced an amateurish and poorly provisioned army of colonials.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Stately, white colonials are on one block, while modest Spanish revivals sit on the next.

From Salon Apr. 11, 2025

Developers opened up this part of Arlington in the 1950s, building ranches and colonials, working from the same three or four floor plans across a dozen square miles.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2025

The term is also historically inaccurate, he said, because the first U.S. president and his contemporaries would not have identified as colonials.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2023

Fortunately there were all sorts and types of colonials.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie




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