colonized
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He adds: "We are particularly interested in investigating the environments they colonized and speciated in, especially in ecosystems dominated by large apex predators such as abelisaurids and megaraptorans."
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
Before Europeans colonized North America, bald eagles were pretty much everywhere there was a river, lake, or stream large enough to support sizable fish.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
It accounts for more than 200,000 jobs and has colonized entire neighborhoods.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Puerto Rico was first colonized by the Spanish from 1493 until 1898, the year that the United States occupied the country as part of the Spanish-American War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Over the following centuries their descendants colonized virtually every habitable scrap of land in the Pacific.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
