colonial
Example Sentences
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"After more than a century of colonial rule, Hong Kongers feel proud to return to the embrace of the motherland," he wrote.
From BBC
Modern France still has overseas territories across the globe, from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and Pacific, legacies of the colonial era that are now vital strategic footholds for Paris.
From Barron's
It focuses on portraits and documents from three Jewish communities in colonial America; a classic letter from George Washington reassures the Newport congregation that Jews will have nothing to fear in the new nation.
The dispute over the exact demarcation of the two countries’ border has its origins in a 1909 map drawn up by Cambodia’s then colonial power France that was later disputed by Thailand.
Hong Kong has a legal mechanism to set up "commissions of inquiry", which in the past were usually led by judges to undertake complex fact-finding exercises -- a practice left over from British colonial rule.
From Barron's
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