colony

"We must understand we were a colony," said Mykhailenko.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

It is more of a vassal, or protectorate, or a colony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

George Washington and the Continental Congress hoped to sever French-speaking eastern Quebec from the rest of British Canada and bring it into the war as a 14th rebel colony.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Greenland, a Danish colony for three centuries and now an autonomous territory, still has a complicated relationship with Copenhagen.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

“And we’ll disappear just like the Roanoke colony did.”

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

“Being from Wisconsin, I wasn’t used to seeing colonies of stray cats everywhere because that’s a very real problem that’s going on in L.A.,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The initiative comes as France is seeking to improve relations with Africa, particularly in former colonies with which it has prickly ties.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

He advocated for the creation of institutions, colloquially known as leper colonies, for those afflicted with perhaps the world’s most stigmatized disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Chiefs at Devon Wildlife Trust said they plan to improve the heathland homes of both the narrow-headed and erratic ants, and start new colonies at suitable nearby sites.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Avery fiddled with the experiment as only a microbiologist could, growing the bacteria in various cultures, adding beef-heart broth, removing contaminant sugars, and growing the colonies on plates.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee