as in to inhabit
to supply with inhabitants
believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars
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Recent Examples of colonize
In coincidental tandem, the families behind both enterprises, both of Jewish-immigrant origins and both interlopers from the provinces (the Shuberts from upstate, the Times clan from Tennessee), had been collectively responsible for colonizing Times Square since its birth.
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Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
One revenue source is voluntary contributions from descendants of Europeans who colonized that land.
—Elsa Noterman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025
Understanding this type of water dispersal could offer new insights into how other species have colonized isolated areas over time, Scarpetta added.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Other streamers have them too (looking at you, Amazon and Apple), but the pioneering service colonized this space first and set the template.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
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Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
One revenue source is voluntary contributions from descendants of Europeans who colonized that land.
—Elsa Noterman, The Conversation, 1 Apr. 2025
Understanding this type of water dispersal could offer new insights into how other species have colonized isolated areas over time, Scarpetta added.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Other streamers have them too (looking at you, Amazon and Apple), but the pioneering service colonized this space first and set the template.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonize
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And once again, fans of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical can see the show’s 18th-century characters inhabited by an all-new cast of actors.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2025
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Hiaasen’s skill as a writer lies less in the virtuosity of his sentence-level prose than in the exuberant strangeness of his plots and the inner lives of the people who inhabit them.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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Whereas as most games in the series bounce between Mars-adjacent space stations, Earth, and various dimensions that constitute takes on heaven and hell, The Dark Ages is set in another realm, populated by humans at war with demonic forces.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2025
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What To Know The volcano's summit features a caldera—formed by volcanic eruptions—and supports vibrant hydrothermal vent ecosystems populated by microbes, tube worms, crabs, fish, octopuses and more.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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The mountains are peopled with guides, trail keepers and fellow travelers, as well as those who have died on their treks when the weather turned.—
Sadie Stein,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The mountains are peopled with guides, trail keepers and fellow travelers, as well as those who have died on their treks when the weather turned.—
Sadie Stein,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Colonize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonize. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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