colonize

Example Sentences

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He was impressed by mosses' ability to colonize the harshest environments on Earth.

From Science Daily

"For decades, scientists have been trying to develop cereal crops that produce active root nodules, or trying to colonize cereals with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, without much success. We used a different approach," Blumwald said.

From Science Daily

“It’s been this 300-year-long process of colonizing this land, from both Native people and native plants,” said Jason Wise, an environmental educator in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

She explained that some people’s bladders become colonized with bacteria.

From Seattle Times

“The ability to be several things at once — traditional and modern, African and global, colonized and independent — is a strong thread running through the continent and the Diaspora,” she said.

From New York Times