colonies
Example Sentences
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The Five Nations of the Iroquois allied with several English colonies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
That shifts attention toward other characteristics that may have helped ants, bees and wasps repeatedly evolve highly cooperative colonies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Emily Burton, conservation manager, said: "Gannet populations have suffered significant declines, and many colonies are still recovering from the impacts of avian influenza."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ant colonies have a strict division of labor that depends heavily on age.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
European immigrants were also deemed poor candidates for slavery, not because of their race, but rather because they were in short supply and enslavement would, quite naturally, interfere with voluntary immigration to the new colonies.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
