insular

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The curators take an expansive approach to a field conventionally centered on medieval Insular art from Britain and Ireland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Supreme Court’s early-20th century Insular Cases, we belong to the United States, but we are not part of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

This year is the 125th anniversary of the founding of the American Insular Empire, including Guam and Puerto Rico.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

U.S., in part to reexamine a series of rulings called the Insular Cases.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

To obviate a recurrence of the necessity for State aid, the Insular Government passed an Act urging the people to hasten the paddy-planting.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John