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as in plantation
a settlement in a new country or region
the early history of New York City when it was a Dutch colony
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Recent Examples of colony
But bacterial colonies, biofilms and consortiums of different microorganisms can perform complicated feats of engineering and behavior together, sometimes rivaling what multicellular life can achieve.
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Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
In the 1600s, the Alkmaar market traded millions of pounds of cheese, exporting it throughout Europe and European colonies.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
Termites bury fellow colony members that have been dead for a while.
—The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
In 1948, landscape painter Dale Nichols opened an art school in Tubac, which transformed the area into an artist colony.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
In the 1600s, the Alkmaar market traded millions of pounds of cheese, exporting it throughout Europe and European colonies.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
Termites bury fellow colony members that have been dead for a while.
—The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
In 1948, landscape painter Dale Nichols opened an art school in Tubac, which transformed the area into an artist colony.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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The former British colony’s sugarcane plantation system profited enormously from enslaving Black people for centuries.Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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The land, which enslaved Africans once transformed from a cypress swamp into an intricate system of rice plantations, is now a wildlife preserve managed by Charleston County Parks & Recreation.Ellen Schmedinghoff, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025
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People who’ve lost their homes or community might be doing this a lot in the coming months.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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The boot camp offers high-intensity workouts, coaching and a supportive community focused on building strength, endurance and confidence, according to the boot camp’s owners.Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Silver Lyan, The City’s Most Idiosyncratic Cocktail Lounge Over in Penn Quarter, the cocktail menu changes annually at Silver Lyan, the extremely creative/boundary pushing and first U.S. outpost of global innovator Ryan Chetiyawardana’s (aka Mr. Lyan’s) award winning cocktail lounges.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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With only a few trustworthy men floating through the sloppy, makeshift, take-all-comers outpost, Jim pairs Sara with Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), an even gruffer and fairer man who nonetheless wants nothing to do with the difficult gig.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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