colonization

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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

Both significantly accelerated tumor growth and increased metastatic colonization in independent cell line models.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

In 1823, President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to European colonization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

The Virgen de Guadalupe is a symbol of Mexican resistance but also one of colonization and the Catholic Church.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Whether the cause was the Pilgrim God, Pilgrim guns, or Pilgrim greed, native losses were foreordained; Indians could not have stopped colonization, in this view, and they hardly tried.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann