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colony

[kol-uh-nee] / ˈkɒl ə ni /


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Navratil has tried to trap this colony unsuccessfully twice before.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

This spacing helps ensure that chemical signals reach only the next colony in the sequence, allowing information to move through the circuit in a single direction.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

It is more of a vassal, or protectorate, or a colony.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Greenland, a Danish colony for three centuries and now an autonomous territory, still has a complicated relationship with Copenhagen.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

I would learn the Algonquian language even better, and I would be able to trade and help the colony.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

“Being from Wisconsin, I wasn’t used to seeing colonies of stray cats everywhere because that’s a very real problem that’s going on in L.A.,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

The largest circuit demonstrated in the study contained 24 interconnected bacterial colonies and was designed to add two inputs together.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The initiative comes as France is seeking to improve relations with Africa, particularly in former colonies with which it has prickly ties.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

In Mozambique, the isolated colonies are relatively safe from local Islamist violence affecting larger population centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

So along with a rivalry to grab overseas colonies, Britain and Germany engaged in a costly competition to build bigger and better battleships.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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