colonize
Example Sentences
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But much of its focus in 2026 will be on Starship, a 404-foot rocket key to Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars.
From MarketWatch
Adult Osedax typically live on whale bones, while their larvae travel long distances through ocean currents to colonize new whale falls, sometimes hundreds of kilometers away.
From Science Daily
Others, such as Elon Musk, talk about producing children as both necessary to offset declining population growth and a flex to colonize the galaxy with one’s descendants.
Musk has often talked about colonizing the Red Planet in his lifetime, and at 54, that might be a technological stretch — though the billionaire claims otherwise.
From Los Angeles Times
Stories of a magical empire, a rift in the heavens, a plan to colonize Mars and more.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
