colony
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Presumably Musk’s dreamed-of colony on Mars would have other job opportunities, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Western Sahara was a Spanish colony from 1884 to 1976.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
For carrion birds, war is a time of plenty, and Neriya senses that her adoption by the crows is a sort of refinement indulged in a thriving colony.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
A colony of macaques that gorge on snacks offered by tourists in the British territory of Gibraltar swallow soil to recover from their junk food binges, a study has found.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
In 1622, for example, a fleet of Dutch ships tried to seize the Portuguese colony of Maçao.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing colony
American History I
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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