colonial

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

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

While slavery is banned under its 1945 constitution, written when the country broke free from Dutch colonial rule, some traditional customs are tolerated.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

A religious painting by an anonymous artist in colonial Bolivia highlights how the figure of Mary became a vehicle for symbols of indigenous belief while having an essential role in Christianization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In comparing those statistics with those of its former colonial overlord, Hartnett, Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, found an emphatic stateside outperformance on almost all fronts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

Tribal organization is exemplified by New Guinea highlanders, whose political unit before the arrival of colonial government was a village or else a close-knit cluster of villages.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

Proponents of prohibition argued that drinking culture was alien to India – while that’s debatable, the colonials filled their coffers with the liquor tax and certainly encouraged it.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025

The houses — in a mix of styles including split-levels and Dutch colonials — are on quarter-acre lots surrounded by mature trees and shrubs.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

Fortunately there were all sorts and types of colonials.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie