colonies
Example Sentences
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Colonies consist of hundreds of individuals linked in chains that can be up to several meters long.
From Science Daily
Heavily taxed playing cards circulated in the American Colonies before the Revolutionary War.
From National Geographic
Colonies of seabirds, then, are helping keep the Arctic cooler and dampening the effects of climate change “one splat at a time.”
From Scientific American
In 1619, the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia, one of the newly formed 13 American Colonies.
Colonies of bats are living in the ceiling, and windows have been hit by stray bullets.
From Washington Times
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