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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
For the past three months the chatter of the Arctic Tern colony has served as the soundtrack of the summer breeding season.
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Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
The former British colony is generally more open-minded on LGBTQ issues compared to mainland China, where discussion of such topics is heavily policed by authorities.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Antiquity is all about establishing a strong foundation for the player’s small corner of the world, while exploration is about finding out more of the wider world and creating colonies.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
People packed like a seal colony.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
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Kate Wong, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
The former British colony is generally more open-minded on LGBTQ issues compared to mainland China, where discussion of such topics is heavily policed by authorities.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Antiquity is all about establishing a strong foundation for the player’s small corner of the world, while exploration is about finding out more of the wider world and creating colonies.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
People packed like a seal colony.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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Some farmers have been forced to abandon coffee plantations that have become too hot and dry.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Streep and Redford led the classic drama, which takes place in colonial Kenya, where a Danish plantation owner (Streep) falls for a hunter (Redford) in the region.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Sep. 2025
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Since Kennedy was elevated to the nation’s top health post, Utah and Florida became the first states to ban communities from adding fluoride to public drinking water.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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Our communities face attack after attack—floods and fires fueled by Big Oil, ICE agenda kidnapping our neighbors, congress revoking our healthcare.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Her Wyoming outpost was situated on the same picturesque property as Lela Rose Ranch — the store where the designer’s clothing and accessories are sold.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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And then there’s Los Feliz, five minutes northeast, home of Kismet, a bona fide classic for Mediterranean-meets-California cooking, alongside its fast-casual sibling Kismet Rotisserie and the LA outpost of matcha specialist Kettl.—
Emily Wilson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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