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colonials

noun

plural of colonial

as in settlers

a person who settles in a new region European colonials who built coffee plantations in East Africa

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Recent Examples of colonials About 1870, pajamas surfaced in the Western world as sleeping attire for men, after returning British colonials brought back with them the pajamas worn in India. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 Contemporary colonials have been popular for some time and continue attract buyers. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026 The rest of the colonials quit the field, gathering at a tree line close by. — Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025

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More than eleven hundred Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed either directly by settlers or by the Israeli security forces.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Captured in the 1967 Middle East war, the West Bank is home to 3 million Palestinians and 500,000 Israeli settlers.

— F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

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Digital dyeing is transforming how fashion gets its color, and one of the technology’s pioneers is now undergoing a transformation of its own.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
These platforms could simultaneously help the AI pioneers and power users in the operating forces learn and evolve more quickly.

— Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026

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In his telling, the Lenape agreed to sell Dutch colonists only as much land on Manhattan as could be covered by a man’s breeches.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
What happened to the colonists remains unknown, but archaeological finds—including otherwise anachronistic English artifacts on Hatteras Island—give some support to White’s theory that at least some of the colonists relocated willingly.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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