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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
Like wasps and bees, ants are social and live in a colony with one or more queens.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
That’s essentially what happened in the American Revolution, most of the founding fathers were of the wealthiest echelons of the colonies.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
For any ant merchant, to stay competitive in the market means collecting queen ants with which to build colonies.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 19 Sep. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
That’s essentially what happened in the American Revolution, most of the founding fathers were of the wealthiest echelons of the colonies.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
For any ant merchant, to stay competitive in the market means collecting queen ants with which to build colonies.
—Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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Melchor was a foreman on a sugarcane plantation, and Luisa was a laundress.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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For instance, analyzing two large sugar plantations in Saint Domingue during the last quarter of the eighteenth century, Gabriel Debien calculated a rate of return of about 12 percent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Though the majority of cases are linked to a large outbreak that originated in West Texas, other outbreaks and cases have arisen from community transmission or during travel in other states.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, the group welcomed a training class of Chase The Vote representatives, who will fan out into communities to register voters and drive turnout.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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This Pascagoula favorite, which has since spawned two additional outposts, is best known for their overstuffed po’boys.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Abu Dhabi has New York University, Qatar’s Education City hosts Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, and Georgetown, and Dubai plans to open an outpost of the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school in 2027.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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