colonize

Example Sentences

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He was impressed by mosses' ability to colonize the harshest environments on Earth.

From Science Daily

"For decades, scientists have been trying to develop cereal crops that produce active root nodules, or trying to colonize cereals with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, without much success. We used a different approach," Blumwald said.

From Science Daily

Actually, the world is actually discussing it as a possibility, colonizing this planet, which is so incredibly devastating on so many levels because it's uninhabitable, and we live in heaven on earth.

From Salon

"Can we think of modern, anti-participation in nature as being a form of colonized thinking?" she asked.

From Salon

The history of European drug culture is increasingly relevant as psychedelic experiences are often popularly perceived of as South American or African cultures' indigenous rituals that are being "colonized" and co-opted by Westerners.

From Salon