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colony

[kol-uh-nee] / ˈkɒl ə ni /


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Davji Bhimji Atellah, KMPDU's secretary general, said the union "will not sit back and watch Kenya be treated as a containment colony for a lethal pathogen that we did not generate."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

But new research led by UCL scientists found that some wasps quietly step in to keep the colony functioning during the chaos.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

So to keep him focused, the board issued him one billion shares contingent on his ability to establish “a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

The book beat out a story about a suburban witch by French novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye as well as Brazilian Ana Paula Maia's dystopian read about a brutal prison colony.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

I was now on a level with the crow colony, and could see into their nests.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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