- present participle of colonize.
colonizing
Example Sentences
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Beneath the gumline, adding those signals encouraged later colonizing species associated with disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
SpaceX has big dreams, including colonizing Mars, operating orbital data centers and putting a mass driver on the moon that would make it easier to put satellites in orbit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
At this point in his public arc, his affinity for the material is more like a colonizing claim.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
The success of the IPO will likely depend on whether investors believe Musk can deliver on his ambitious ideas, which include colonizing Mars and launching data centers into space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Within a few centuries, in one of the swiftest colonizing advances of recent prehistory, Bantu farmers had swept all the way to Natal, on the east coast of what is now South Africa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
