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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
The Norse were Scandinavian Viking-era settlers who, led by Erik the Red from Iceland, established medieval farming colonies in southwestern Greenland around 985–986 CE, according to the Mariners' Museum and Park and other sources.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
There will also be a field day to give you hands-on experience with a honey-bee colony.
—Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Mason led the massacre that nearly extinguished the native tribe and preceded the establishment of the self-governing colony.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
Throughout 2026, Iowans will be celebrating 250 years since the 13 colonies declared their independence in 1776.
—Des Moines Register, 31 Jan. 2026
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
There will also be a field day to give you hands-on experience with a honey-bee colony.
—Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Mason led the massacre that nearly extinguished the native tribe and preceded the establishment of the self-governing colony.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
Throughout 2026, Iowans will be celebrating 250 years since the 13 colonies declared their independence in 1776.
—Des Moines Register, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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The drama follows Ming, a Shanghai woman who travels alone to a rubber tree plantation in Xishuangbanna, along China’s southwestern border, searching for people who knew her late father during the Cultural Revolution’s Down to the Countryside Movement half a century earlier.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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During the launch of EcoCeres’ Tanjung Langsat plant, Noraini binti Ahmad, Malaysia’s minister of plantation and commodities, said Malaysia would soon have its own SAF targets.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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The synthetic opioid is far more potent than heroin and has devastated communities across the country.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The fall of el-Fasher in October 2025 to the Rapid Support Forces set off an exodus of people to nearby towns, straining the resources of neighboring communities and driving up food insecurity rates, the report said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Upscale dining takes place at the Italian Lido Restaurant, inside the original ballrooms, or at Thomas Keller’s the Surf Club Restaurant, the famous chef’s first Florida outpost.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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But the arduous effort may be essential for achieving longer stays in deep space—as well as building the lunar space station and surface outposts envisioned for future Artemis missions.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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