colony
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Friday's meeting at the Vatican comes three days before Pope Leo visits the former French colony of Algeria, the first trip there by a pontiff.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
A single fertilised queen is able to create a whole colony and can live for decades – and can be easily posted as scanners do not tend to detect organic material.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Suriname, a former Dutch colony, has been producing talent for the Netherlands for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
This system allows the colony to efficiently find and exploit food.
From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026
Unfortunately, the colony losses from 2006 to 2020 were a precursor to a much larger crisis to come, which ultimately resulted in the Global Famine of 2100.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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