colonization
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A good share are actively planning for Mars colonization.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
"Not only were oysters harvested for food from the earliest days of colonization, but the reefs themselves were dredged and the shells crushed and burned to make lime for cement and mortar," she says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
While NASA’s goal is to establish more of an outpost dedicated to expanding the reach of the U.S., others are planning something straight out of the works of Andy Weir or Robert Heinlein: colonization.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Three centuries of Danish colonization has spurred a range of resentments between the island’s Inuit residents and faraway Copenhagen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
The colony had first settled there under a land grant from the Mexican government, and the man who led the colonization was a priest, and he was a Luna.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
Vocabulary lists containing colonization
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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Political Geography - Middle School
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