colony
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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
He told the BBC that as a former British colony, Kenya's relationship with France was different because it was not shaped by the same colonial history as West African countries.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Once drywood termites consume the treated wood, the compound can move through the colony as termites interact.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
“Tree and Zheegwon, they were held by a colony of townspeople who tried different ways to extract their dreams, figuring they’d found some kinda personal reservoir with Indian twins.”
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Vocabulary lists containing colony
American History I
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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