colonial

New geopolitical realities seemed possible—the demise of the European colonial order, the rise of the U.S. as a superpower and the transformation of Asia into a region of nation-states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Pitt Rivers claims to hold the largest collection of Naga artefacts in the world, most of which were acquired during British colonial rule in India and Myanmar.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And Indonesia’s independence leader, Sukarno, welcomed the Japanese as they drove out or jailed Dutch colonial officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

They send her back out into space to solve their problem, this time with a band of colonial Marines.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2018

As a result, Dobyns said, all colonial population estimates were too low.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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 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

He despised those American colonials who had fought against his England, yet he still chose to settle in Philadelphia, where he set up a royalist newspaper called The Porcupine's Gazette.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy