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colonize

[kol-uh-nahyz] / ˈkɒl əˌnaɪz /


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Musk has major aspirations for SpaceX, from developing a 1 million-satellite constellation around the Earth to colonizing the moon and Mars.

From MarketWatch

It accounts for more than 200,000 jobs and has colonized entire neighborhoods.

From Barron's

The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up.

From Los Angeles Times

The company is expected to raise tens of billions of dollars in an offering to finance plans to launch data centers in space and colonize the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal

SpaceX is pivoting away from Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars and is instead focusing on something a little closer: settling the moon.

From MarketWatch