as in social
tending to group with others of the same kind
colonial organisms
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as in settler
a person who settles in a new region
European colonials who built coffee plantations in East Africa
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Recent Examples of colonial
Rebecca Grant
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Blending horror, digital hauntings and colonial echoes, the project explores diasporic identity and desire.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 June 2025
Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 May 2025
The two-story colonial was originally built in 1922 and spans 4,359 square feet.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
She was born on February 1, 1971, to a large family and grew up in Guanajuato, whose historic center is a charming former silver mining town with colonial architecture and colorful, blocky houses stacked like Legos on the dramatic hillside.
—Rebecca Grant
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
Blending horror, digital hauntings and colonial echoes, the project explores diasporic identity and desire.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 June 2025
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Like Anna Politkovskaya, Dolours Price was another major political figure with a strong connection to conflict and colonial rule, although this time from the other side.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 May 2025
The two-story colonial was originally built in 1922 and spans 4,359 square feet.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonial
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The 25 kilos of drugs were wrapped in packaging featuring the iconic gun-brandishing cartoon character, the Walton County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post, which included images of the cocaine.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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Jimmy Swaggart, a televangelist and gospel singer whose fall from grace in the late 1980s made national headlines, has died, according to a social media post published by his ministry.—
Bob Smietana,
NPR,
1 July 2025
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Changing forests fueled tick risks During the 18th and 19th centuries, settlers cleared more than half the forested land across the northeastern U.S., cutting down forests for timber and to make way for farms, towns and mining operations.—
Sean Lawrence,
The Conversation,
18 June 2025
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Before European settlers arrived in California and insisted on suppressing fire at every turn, the landscape burned regularly.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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The Mughal Empire’s hunger for land taxes, for instance, drove an assault on eastern India’s forests in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which redistributed land to pioneer cultivators willing to undertake that work of settlement.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Additional investors include Fred Moll, the cofounder of Intuitive Surgical and pioneer of robotic surgery, who has joined the company’s strategic advisory board.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The community’s festive send-off identifies this as an important rite of passage, though the gatekeeper reminds Spike that no rescuers or search parties will be sent after colonists that fail to return.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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For most white Americans, and especially enslavers, the white colonists of Saint Domingue experiencing these changes were a focus of racial empathy.—
Time,
Time,
9 June 2025
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“Colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonial. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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