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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
Creole indicating their cultural background that they are rooted in this place in Louisiana, which, of course, has its origins of the French and Spanish colony with a significant West African population.
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Elizabeth Thomas, ABC News, 9 May 2025
New colonies in the wild have since been established, and the department is monitoring them.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 8 May 2025
Sukarno coveted the former British colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak, which had been incorporated into independent Malaysia.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Charles is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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Elizabeth Thomas, ABC News, 9 May 2025
New colonies in the wild have since been established, and the department is monitoring them.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 8 May 2025
Sukarno coveted the former British colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak, which had been incorporated into independent Malaysia.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Charles is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
Noun
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Once in Mississippi, Wong met Emma Clay, a Black woman born in 1865 on a plantation.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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It was built in the 1930s as part of a plantation, and the house itself was initially one large room built for the mango pickers, who were likely Bahamian or Mexican.—
Dinkinish O’Connor,
Saveur,
8 May 2025
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Their destruction releasing emissions equivalent to millions of transatlantic flights, while housing countless unique species and Indigenous communities who have lived there for generations.—
David Vetter,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Officials from both communities expressed concerns about congestion as residents and visitors drive to popular stores and restaurants.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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This international folk horror co-production stars Odessa Young as Eva, a widow struggling to survive in a bleak 19th century fishing outpost in the Arctic.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
9 May 2025
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China currently maintains two overseas military outposts, one located in Djibouti near the Red Sea and another located in Cambodia on the South China Sea, which opened last month.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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