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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
Greenland had been a colony of the Danish kingdom for hundreds of years, becoming an integral part in 1953.
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Claudia Ciobanu, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
As the plantation colonies of the British and French Caribbean grew in the late 17th and 18th centuries, escapees formed maroon enclaves there as well.
—Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Massachusetts, Virginia and New York, among the colonies that became America’s first states, also have stacked calendars.
—New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Like the rulers of other European colonies, French colonial administrators sent in troops—known as the maréchaussée—to track down the maroon groups, but the French rarely negotiated.
—Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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Claudia Ciobanu, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
As the plantation colonies of the British and French Caribbean grew in the late 17th and 18th centuries, escapees formed maroon enclaves there as well.
—Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Massachusetts, Virginia and New York, among the colonies that became America’s first states, also have stacked calendars.
—New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Like the rulers of other European colonies, French colonial administrators sent in troops—known as the maréchaussée—to track down the maroon groups, but the French rarely negotiated.
—Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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Historian Caitlin Rosenthal shows how plantation owners refined these methods, the British perfected them, and Americans institutionalized them.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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With the Louisiana Purchase, a huge domestic slave trade got under way, supplying labor to cotton and sugar plantations.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Upper Lake & Covelo Ranger DistrictsNorthshore Reforestation and Bartlett Springs pile burning located northeast of North Shore communities Nice, Lucerne and Clearlake Oaks in Lake County.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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But others could block local governments from denying large scale development projects, and potentially leave residents with less input on the future of their communities.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Tobolowsky was happy for the material — much of it from a Sears that was being repurposed into an outpost of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — regardless of its condition.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Burns seems like someone who would fit in at Basgiath, or at one of the outposts on Navarre’s front lines.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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