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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
Critically, each feeding polyp sends its food to a common digestive system, so the entire colony feeds as one unified organism.
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
And each one is not a single organism but an entire colony of tiny animals called polyps, all fused together and functioning as one.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
European Encounters brings matters closer home, serving Indo-Western fusion from the colonies and trading posts from across India.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
In the United States, visual arts coverage came with art production by local artists but received a boost when museums were established in the 19th century and through early in the next century as artists’ colonies took root throughout the country.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
And each one is not a single organism but an entire colony of tiny animals called polyps, all fused together and functioning as one.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
European Encounters brings matters closer home, serving Indo-Western fusion from the colonies and trading posts from across India.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
In the United States, visual arts coverage came with art production by local artists but received a boost when museums were established in the 19th century and through early in the next century as artists’ colonies took root throughout the country.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
Noun
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The former plantation rejects the rosy antebellum view, focusing instead on slavery’s horrors.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
21 Apr. 2026
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Monoculture plantations are generally one-way tickets to producing wood.—
John Parker,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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The state’s highest court, the SJC, heard arguments in a community lawsuit filed by the Defenders and Emerald Necklace Conservancy earlier this month, and is weighing its claim that the project’s professional soccer use would illegally privatize public parkland.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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In threads where the human community had decided someone was in the wrong, the AI affirmed that user's behavior 51% of the time.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2026
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By 2036, the agency aims to sustain a continuous human presence through habitable outposts capable of supporting four-person crews for month-long stays.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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Excitement—and smugness—hangs in London’s air since the city has gained its own outpost of the sceney eatery.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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