- present participle of colonize.
colonizing
Example Sentences
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In a brief preface Mr. Hoffman has also told us about wrens colonizing an abandoned swallows’ nest above the door of the house he shares with his wife, Julia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Those include colonizing Mars, putting more than 1 million satellites in orbit and putting mass drivers on the moon.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Because wolves are not capable of naturally colonizing such an island across open sea, researchers believe humans must have brought the animals there, likely by boat.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
At this point in his public arc, his affinity for the material is more like a colonizing claim.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Gold fever drove monarchs and others with wealth to fund colonizing ventures to find the metal.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
