colonization
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Samantha Scott, a postdoctoral researcher in Chang's lab, is first author of the study, "Dopamine Receptor D2 Confers Colonization Resistance via Microbial Metabolites."
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
Colonization, all of the Western Hemisphere, was about money.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024
In the twelve years since, the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform, or Incra, allocated just $5,100 for the settlement of five families, it said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Many members of the American Colonization Society, founded in 1816, shared his beliefs, claiming that emigration was in the best interests of Black people.
From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2023
Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and other American political leaders favored this idea, which led to the formation of the American Colonization Society in 1816.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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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