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Meanings of oversea possessions in English

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Usage of oversea possessions in English
1
We have never used the British Navy to bully weak nations out of their oversea possessions.
Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
2
France and Holland still have large oversea possessions; and a whole new-world continent still speaks the languages of Spain and Portugal.
The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe
3
The value attached by other countries to oversea possessions awakened among the British people a new pride in their far-spread dominions.
The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
4
Teneriffe was strongly fortified, as it was a harbour of refuge between Spain and her oversea possessions, both East and West.
Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
5
But one crime in one of their oversea possessions will be enough to mention here, because it was all of a piece with the rest.
Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
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