colonize
Example Sentences
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The first to go in any forest colonized by people are the larger edible animals.
Whatever the timing and pricing turn out to be, the IPO of an Elon Musk company with aspirations of colonizing Mars will certainly be something to follow this year.
From Barron's
This included New Mexico, which had been part of Spain’s empire since the early 1600s, and California, which was colonized in 1769.
From Los Angeles Times
But much of its focus in 2026 will be on Starship, a 404-foot rocket key to Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars.
From MarketWatch
Adult Osedax typically live on whale bones, while their larvae travel long distances through ocean currents to colonize new whale falls, sometimes hundreds of kilometers away.
From Science Daily
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