colonies

NOUN

community

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outpost protectorate province territory

STRONG

antecedents clearing dependency dominion mandate offshoot possession satellite settlement swarm

WEAK

new land subject state

Example Sentences

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“We need to remember that the 13 Colonies and the 13 states created the federal government,” he said on Fox News in 2024, in an interview about the border.

From Los Angeles Times

Colonies exposed to higher peak air temperatures and greater internal temperature variation experienced declines in population size.

From Science Daily

Wall panels remind us of the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act and the Boston Massacre, all seminal events that led the Colonies to eventually break away from Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal

By the late 1770s, the Revolution in what is known as the Middle Colonies had become a brutal civil war.

From Salon

The four were indicted in 2011 on multiple charges stemming from a land dispute between the county and Colonies Partners.

From Los Angeles Times