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as in plantation
a settlement in a new country or region
the early history of New York City when it was a Dutch colony
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Recent Examples of colony
Ant baits are effective because foraging workers take the food back to the nest and share so that everyone in the colony is exposed.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
These polyp groups are called colonies.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The Enterprise is scheduled to take a vaccine to a colony in the midst of a pandemic.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Laboratory studies indicate that concentrated exposure to some sunscreen ingredients can induce coral bleaching after only two days, and even kill a colony in under a week.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
These polyp groups are called colonies.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The Enterprise is scheduled to take a vaccine to a colony in the midst of a pandemic.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Laboratory studies indicate that concentrated exposure to some sunscreen ingredients can induce coral bleaching after only two days, and even kill a colony in under a week.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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Now, the decimation of the environment and indigenous people across the world, from the palm oil plantations of Indonesia to the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has reached the shores of Great Nicobar.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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According to the San Diego Zoo, most pygmy hippos living in American zoos have ancestry that ties back to Billy, a pygmy given to President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 from American tire mogul Harvey Firestone, who owned a rubber plantation in Liberia.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The report generated concerted pushback from the scientific community.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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An elevator connects all the different levels, with the high-altitude location offering sweeping views of the surrounding community, from downtown Boulder to the university campus to the surrounding Flatirons.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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Last month, a photograph captured by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellites showed what is now a fully functional military outpost.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, the parks have long offered premium dining packages with special seating for nighttime entertainment but one Disney outpost recently took that model one step further.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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