colonies
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Britain’s North American colonies united to become Canada in 1867 partly to resist the pull of economic gravity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
After producing tetraploid cells from human cancer cells and establishing colonies derived from individual cells, he noticed that the resulting groups were not all the same size.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Working at low tide with her owner, Dr Texa Sim, black labrador Sgiath has found hundreds of colonies of the sea squirt, which - if left uncontrolled - can smother and kill native species.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Most of the world was now divided by fixed borders into independent states and their colonies, and international respect for those borders was growing.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Indian bondage was more common still in the southern colonies.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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