colonize
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In “Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos,” Christian Davenport tells the backstories of the billionaires who are vying for control of the emerging NewSpace industry.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 14, 2018
In his acknowledgements, he jokes that he nearly took a fellow historian’s suggestion, with a nod to the “Die Hard” movies, to title it “American Revolutions: Colonize Harder.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2016
An attempt to Colonize Mindanao.—In the year 1596, the Captain Rodriguez de Figueroa received the title of governor of Mindanao, with exclusive right to colonize the island for “the space of two lives.”
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
Vocabulary lists containing colonize
Western Europe - Introductory
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