subjugation
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Scottish investors had tried to evade economic subjugation to England by setting up an empire of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified to establish an enduring multiracial democracy, explicitly empowering Congress to end the subjugation of nonwhite Americans.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025
She allowed none of that here, tapping into the desperation of a woman whose self-worth is wrapped up in the subjugation of those around her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
Moore questioned whether "the feudal spirit will be ever revived on the Western Continent again," describing it as "a social and political authority founded upon the subjugation of a weaker, by a more powerful race."
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024
Massasoit’s people were not only beset by loss, they were in danger of subjugation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing subjugation
Words from "The Avengers"
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The Pearl
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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