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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Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
The idea was to correct the tendency, common in luxury hospitality, to see colonial opulence only through British eyes.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The Roman Catholic Church has had an outsize impact on this archipelago nation: 80% of the country identifies as such, a vestige of the Spanish colonial rule that lasted for nearly three centuries.
—Juliet Izon, Vogue, 7 May 2025
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Adjective
With the encouragement of his colonial enslavers, merchant Henry Barnes and his wife, Christian, a would-be art patron, Prince Demah traveled to London in 1771 to hone his painterly craft.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
The idea was to correct the tendency, common in luxury hospitality, to see colonial opulence only through British eyes.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
Noun
The Kashmir dispute dates back to the late 1940s and the chaotic partition that ended British colonial rule.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The Roman Catholic Church has had an outsize impact on this archipelago nation: 80% of the country identifies as such, a vestige of the Spanish colonial rule that lasted for nearly three centuries.
—Juliet Izon, Vogue, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonial
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The husband of social media influencer Emilie Kiser will not face a criminal charge in the drowning death of their 3-year-old son, Trigg.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
27 July 2025
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The migration reaches its peak in August, when larger pods appear and there is a surge in social behavior: tail slapping, pectoral waving, and the unmistakable breach.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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John Nielsen-Gammon, the state’s climatologist and a Texas A&M University atmospheric science professor, said early settlers also made the area more prone to wildfires through widespread clearing and logging in the late 1800s.—
Bianca Moreno-Paz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the start of the war between Israel and Gaza in October 2023.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
29 July 2025
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Bronson doesn’t shy away from the brutalities of the fighting between the pioneers and the Shawnee and Miami tribes, as seen from the perspective of the settlers.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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The furloughs go into effect on Nov. 1, the U.S. pioneer of no-frills travel confirmed in a statement to USA TODAY Monday, July 28, adding that the decision will better support its flight staffing schedule.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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In 1595, English colonist and captain Sir Walter Raleigh landed in Trinidad.—
Ian Rose,
JSTOR Daily,
23 July 2025
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That year, British colonists were stunned to learn that their own army—British regulars—had fired on British subjects at Lexington and Concord, killing their own people.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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“Colonial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonial. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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