colony

Example Sentences

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This system allows the colony to efficiently find and exploit food.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814 and were administered from Mauritius while it was a British colony.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Nigeria is a former British colony and London is home to a huge Nigerian diaspora.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

This “Darién adventure,” named for the Darién Gap where the colony was to be established, attracted vast amounts of Scotland’s national wealth in the late 1690s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

We follow a brick road into the colony.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas