colony

Example Sentences

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This means the queens live that long too - because as soon as she dies, the colony collapses and any surviving workers will look for another nest.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Suriname, a former Dutch colony, has been producing talent for the Netherlands for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

This system allows the colony to efficiently find and exploit food.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Nigeria is a former British colony and London is home to a huge Nigerian diaspora.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Those advocating an African solution might profitably study the recent English efforts to establish a black colony in Sierra Leone, where most of the freed blacks died or were enslaved by the local African tribes.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis