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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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What to know about the seafarers The blobs are not jellyfish but colonies of polyps similar to the Portuguese man-of-war, according to JellyWatch.
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Macron’s announcement came on the 200 years to the date of Charles X’s imposition of the debt and France’s recognition of its former colony’s independence.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Today the government most responsible for spreading the accusation that Israel is expansionist and colonialist is the revolutionary Islamic government in Iran, which has spent recent years assiduously expanding its colonies.
—Mary Katharine Ham, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
France instituted slavery in the colony of Saint-Domingue on the western third of the island of Hispaniola – today’s Haiti – in the 17th century.
—Marlene L. Daut, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Macron’s announcement came on the 200 years to the date of Charles X’s imposition of the debt and France’s recognition of its former colony’s independence.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Today the government most responsible for spreading the accusation that Israel is expansionist and colonialist is the revolutionary Islamic government in Iran, which has spent recent years assiduously expanding its colonies.
—Mary Katharine Ham, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
France instituted slavery in the colony of Saint-Domingue on the western third of the island of Hispaniola – today’s Haiti – in the 17th century.
—Marlene L. Daut, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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Scientific organizations also initiated studies within Vietnam during the war, finding widespread destruction of mangroves, economic losses of rubber and timber plantations, and harm to lakes and waterways.—
Pamela McElwee,
The Conversation,
28 Apr. 2025
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Several episodes of the show were filmed on Ravenel’s plantation.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
11 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article When former NFL player Walter Mendenhall founded the social enterprise Male Mogul Initiative in 2017, his goal was to positively transform the way young men live and lead in their communities and hopefully alter the trajectory of those from disadvantaged backgrounds.—
Shanzeh Ahmad,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2025
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But being involved in the community also has informed changes.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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This international folk horror co-production stars Odessa Young as Eva, a widow struggling to survive in a bleak 19th century fishing outpost in the Arctic.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
9 May 2025
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China currently maintains two overseas military outposts, one located in Djibouti near the Red Sea and another located in Cambodia on the South China Sea, which opened last month.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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