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colony

[kol-uh-nee] / ˈkɒl ə ni /


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The museum believes the woman in its portrait was a young enslaved woman from a Dutch colony in Guyana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Western Sahara, a mineral-rich former Spanish colony, has been largely controlled by Morocco since 1975, but the United Nations considers it a non-self-governing territory.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Schmidt said the first major clue appeared in 2014, when a colony of genetically engineered mice survived under conditions that, according to scientific understanding at the time, should have been fatal.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

It is now the site of the country's largest colony of the species.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Joey invites Marie to visit Tala so she can see the colony for herself.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Foran said that at the time, the colonies that later became Canada relied on Great Britain and its Royal Navy for its defence, as well as indigenous peoples who served as generals in major battles.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Charles, 77, who is still receiving treatment for cancer, will visit former colonies that are now independent from Britain and are members of the British Commonwealth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Much of that time was spent in the Mars Defense Force, which protected Earth colonies on Mars.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Because gentoos can feed on a wide variety of prey, including fish, krill, squid, and cuttlefish, they do not need to travel especially far from their breeding colonies in search of food.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

If the courts affirmed the act, Priddy believed, he would have complete authority to continue his eugenic efforts at the colony and even extend them to other colonies.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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