colony
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Mr. Musk in January was awarded one billion performance-based restricted shares that will vest if his company establishes a “permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Can the public nominate politicians to send to the colony?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He told the BBC that as a former British colony, Kenya's relationship with France was different because it was not shaped by the same colonial history as West African countries.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
After termites fed on treated wood, they passed material to other members of the colony.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
Tobacco grew well in Virginia and sold well in England, and finally there was hope that the colony would make a profit for the Virginia Company of London.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Vocabulary lists containing colony
American History I
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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