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colonization

[kahl-uhn-iz-ay-shuhn, -ahyz-] / ˌkɑl ən ɪzˈeɪ ʃən, -aɪz- /


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Samantha Scott, a postdoctoral researcher in Chang's lab, is first author of the study, "Dopamine Receptor D2 Confers Colonization Resistance via Microbial Metabolites."

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

Colonization, all of the Western Hemisphere, was about money.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024

Both women had been listed as donors to the American Colonization Society, founded to support the migration of freed slaves to Liberia in Africa.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2023

With assistance from the American Colonization Society, both made the 4,700-mile voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and met in Liberia.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and other American political leaders favored this idea, which led to the formation of the American Colonization Society in 1816.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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