colonized
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It took millions of years before primates colonized the tropics, the study shows.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
Before Europeans colonized North America, bald eagles were pretty much everywhere there was a river, lake, or stream large enough to support sizable fish.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
It accounts for more than 200,000 jobs and has colonized entire neighborhoods.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Puerto Rico was first colonized by the Spanish from 1493 until 1898, the year that the United States occupied the country as part of the Spanish-American War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Easter Island and the Chathams are small and so remote from other islands that, once they were initially colonized, the societies thus founded developed in total isolation from the rest of the world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
