How to Use colonization in a Sentence

colonization

noun

• The truth is that colonization of the East African coast did not end with the departure of the British in the middle of the 20th century.
  — The Conversation, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Deivid, on the other hand, is enamored with the Mars colonization project and dreams of going to space.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
• That very first meeting was just an eye-opener for me in terms of the colonization of the Inuit in Greenland, how it was done and the systemic tools that were used.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
• The festival’s roots lie in the Portuguese colonization of Brazil.
  — Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• This myth seems to have stemmed from a small study in mice that showed the nasal spray influenza vaccine led to an increase in group A strep colonization.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
• There are ideas too: about moral impunity and colonization and the doubling of the self and, well, mommy issues?
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
• In 1655, the grounds of the Estate were established when the British bested the Spanish in the ongoing colonization of Jamaica.
  — Bee Quammie, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• In some ways, the current crisis is a new version of what has been happening from the age of colonization onward.
  — Tatiana Schlossberg, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2022
• By 1610, the area had emerged as a fixture on Spanish trade routes, leading to Santa Fe’s colonization.
  — Alexandra Malmed, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
• His novels have often stemmed from his belief that the legacy of colonization has been played down.
  — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• While the effort has set into high gear, there are plenty of critics of space colonization.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 9 May 2023
• The history of tatau, and its preservation, is also tied to the colonization of the Pacific.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• But some of them were born after colonization with the new global exchange of recipes when rice and cilantro and onions and limes and chicken and, uh, beef and pork all came to this continent.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2024
• From the moment the spacecraft leaves Earth, each step of colonization will be defined by the engineering that is meant to let settlers live a full life on Mars.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2023
• This steady colonization since Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in 1967 has led to a disastrous impasse.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• Tobacco, the main export crop since colonization, strips the land of nutrients and is sensitive to drought.
  — Xanthe Scharff, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2023
• World-building gets a bad rep, functioning at its worst as a kind of corporate colonization.
  — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
• Australia is the only former British colony to celebrate the start of colonization as its national day.
  — Ben Westcott, Bloomberg.com, 25 Jan. 2023
• Their space colonization mission, which began in October 1997, goes awry when their spacecraft is sent off course by the bumbling Dr. Smith.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• And few people understand what that means and why — that thousands of our people were murdered [through colonization].
  — Brandi Morin, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2023
• The Way of Water follows the story of a moon called Pandora and the colonization that threatens the indigenous Na’vi humanoid race that inhabits it.
  — Time, 17 Dec. 2022
• The story doubles as a metaphor for colonization and the fight Indigenous tribes have been facing in America for centuries.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 1 Feb. 2023
• The new guidelines mention learning about the reasons for Dutch exploration and colonization of North America, while the old guidelines do not mention the Dutch.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
• The film follows the indigenous Na’vi humanoid race that inhabits a moon called Pandora and the colonization that threatens them.
  — Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2022
• For the unversed, the Atocha was part of a fleet commissioned by the Spanish government in the 17th century to further the country’s exploration and colonization efforts.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2022
• Troubled histories and the urgency of the present inspire it, too, with themes of colonization, the climate crisis and migration.
  — Emily Hart, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• All of these factors were supercharged by climate change; all are also linked to the hundreds of years of colonization that has shaped the islands’ recent history.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• But trips to Mars and the potential colonization of another planet?
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• This sets of an investigation that will reveal a Chile still socially anchored in the tenets of colonization.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023
• Do: Ask about a community's true history and the impact of colonization and be prepared to listen.
  — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024