colonizing
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Around 12 million years ago, the development of the circumpolar current helped other penguin groups spread through the sub-Antarctic, eventually colonizing remote islands and archipelagoes and reaching as far north as Africa and South America.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
It looked like the start of a familiar story: China’s EV makers quietly colonizing another corner of the Western car market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
SpaceX has big dreams, including colonizing Mars, operating orbital data centers and putting a mass driver on the moon that would make it easier to put satellites in orbit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
At this point in his public arc, his affinity for the material is more like a colonizing claim.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Why did Austronesian people, stemming ultimately from mainland China, colonize Java and the rest of Indonesia and replace the original inhabitants there, instead of Indonesians colonizing China and replacing the Chinese?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
