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
The original collection of short stories was published in 1950 and centered on Earth colonizing the Red Planet in a series of devastating expeditions, and its interactions with the world's psychic native inhabitants.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Calculating the costs of colonizing other planets remains elusive.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025
Cortés is more famous, however, for exploring and colonizing the Mayan kingdom in 1519 — ignoring orders to stand down from Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Cuba's governor — and soon after conquering the Aztecs and their emperor, Moctezuma.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Calculating the costs of colonizing other planets remains elusive.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2025
Cortés is more famous, however, for exploring and colonizing the Mayan kingdom in 1519 — ignoring orders to stand down from Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Cuba's governor — and soon after conquering the Aztecs and their emperor, Moctezuma.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonizing
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This is a unique portrait of families and their foibles, both amusing and annoying, superbly acted by an exceptional cast fully inhabiting their characters.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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Below, Newsweek has compared the policies of several major airlines so passengers inhabiting larger bodies can know what to do when flying.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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The 300-second exposure shows the wandering solar system body as a minute dot, barely distinguishable among the stellar giants populating the distant starfield beyond.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And populating all four of our RAM slots with a 32GB stick of DDR5 avoids any unsightly blank spots inside our case.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Colonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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