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colony

[kol-uh-nee] / ˈkɒl ə ni /


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Its first game against No. 14 Senegal — a longtime French colony — will be its toughest in group play.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The performance milestones in the first batch of shares include the company achieving certain market capitalization levels and establishing a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

SpaceX’s plans, according to its recent regulatory filings, include asteroid mining and a colony on Mars.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Davji Bhimji Atellah, KMPDU's secretary general, said the union "will not sit back and watch Kenya be treated as a containment colony for a lethal pathogen that we did not generate."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

When my father discovered my colony of frozen slugs in the basement freezer, I chose not to explain my complex theories of suspended animation.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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