as in inhabiting
to supply with inhabitants
believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars
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Recent Examples of colonizing
There’s plenty of room for skepticism about the prospect of humans colonizing Mars.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Neither the French nor the Spanish ever invested significantly in colonizing the land west of the upper Mississippi, and Americans were champing at the bit.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026
So expect some commentary from me in the coming weeks about the feasibility of lunar mass drivers, putting hundreds of GW worth of data centers in orbit, colonizing Mars and more.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Since the founding of SpaceX in 2002, Musk has been talking about colonizing Mars—and, more recently, the moon.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
With proper care and maintenance, most mosses will double in size in about a year, filling in bare soil and colonizing your garden space all on their own.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026
Imagine crossing thousands of miles of open ocean — no rest stops, no landmarks — and somehow colonizing a remote archipelago to start entirely new lineages.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
This lines up with when colonizing Greeks were believed to have introduced viticulture — cultivating grapevines — to France, after founding the city of Marseille.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The mythologies of the medical ass could blossom, like the oral folklore of a tribe allowed to retain its own myths without the colonizing interference of invaders.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Neither the French nor the Spanish ever invested significantly in colonizing the land west of the upper Mississippi, and Americans were champing at the bit.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026
So expect some commentary from me in the coming weeks about the feasibility of lunar mass drivers, putting hundreds of GW worth of data centers in orbit, colonizing Mars and more.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Since the founding of SpaceX in 2002, Musk has been talking about colonizing Mars—and, more recently, the moon.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
With proper care and maintenance, most mosses will double in size in about a year, filling in bare soil and colonizing your garden space all on their own.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026
Imagine crossing thousands of miles of open ocean — no rest stops, no landmarks — and somehow colonizing a remote archipelago to start entirely new lineages.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
This lines up with when colonizing Greeks were believed to have introduced viticulture — cultivating grapevines — to France, after founding the city of Marseille.
—CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The mythologies of the medical ass could blossom, like the oral folklore of a tribe allowed to retain its own myths without the colonizing interference of invaders.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizing
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But [Reeves] was inhabiting the same environment of Fort Smith and Fort Worth that the Duttons did in 1883.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Microraptor’s cousins lived on the ground, but inhabiting the canopy and gliding from tree to tree might have been a safer way to stay out of reach of larger meat-eating dinosaurs.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The married duo of restaurateur Tracy Vaught and chef Hugo Ortega has made an indelible mark on Space City’s dining scene, populating Houston with Mexican restaurants that each tackle different subgenres of the cuisine.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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The cars populating it are some pretty inspired picks—a 986 Porsche Boxster, original Renault Twingo, E39 BMW M5, etcetera.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
11 June 2026
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“Colonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizing. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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