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Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997 and is now a Chinese "special administrative region" with different economic and trade regulations to the mainland.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The immediate one is trapping a colony of cats in the log-jumbled lot next to Angel City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

This spacing helps ensure that chemical signals reach only the next colony in the sequence, allowing information to move through the circuit in a single direction.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

It is more of a vassal, or protectorate, or a colony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The ground shudders as a loud thud rolls through the colony.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

“Being from Wisconsin, I wasn’t used to seeing colonies of stray cats everywhere because that’s a very real problem that’s going on in L.A.,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

He advocated for the creation of institutions, colloquially known as leper colonies, for those afflicted with perhaps the world’s most stigmatized disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

To assemble the circuits, the researchers printed bacterial colonies onto plates containing agar, which serves as a growth medium.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The initiative comes as France is seeking to improve relations with Africa, particularly in former colonies with which it has prickly ties.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

During tests we were given blank maps of the thirteen colonies, and asked to fill in names, dates, capitals.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri