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colony

[kol-uh-nee] / ˈkɒl ə ni /


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Can the public nominate politicians to send to the colony?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Mr. Musk in January was awarded one billion performance-based restricted shares that will vest if his company establishes a “permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

However, Beijing imposed a national security law on the former British colony in 2020 after huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests the year before.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

In December, plans were announced for a breeding colony of white storks to be introduced to Eastbrookend Country Park in Dagenham in London for the first time in 600 years.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

There was no public transportation into or out of the colony.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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