colonies
Example Sentences
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Most historians are concentrating on the birth itself, when 13 disparate colonies along the east coast of North America declared their intention to separate from Great Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Meerkats live in underground colonies in southwestern Africa.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
They live inside wooden structures, quietly feeding and expanding their colonies where homeowners may not notice them until damage is already underway.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
The Fourth of July holiday this year marks 250 years since the American colonies declared independence from British rule.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
One goal was to establish trade in goods produced in the colonies.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
