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as in plantation
a settlement in a new country or region
the early history of New York City when it was a Dutch colony
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Recent Examples of colony
Ants and bees dispose of the deceased from their colonies, for instance, while fruit flies avoid corpses (and shun flies that have seen corpses themselves).
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
Britain’s King Charles is also head of state of Canada, a former British colony, and the monarch has made a number of symbolic gestures in recent months, wearing Canadian medals, planting a maple tree and referring to himself as the king of Canada.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 May 2025
While severe mold and mildew infestations may require a professional or call for replacing the unit entirely, light mold colonies can be removed using the following steps to prevent them from spreading.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2025
Learn all about the town’s roots at the Germantown Colony Museum, where three buildings from the original colony still stand.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
Britain’s King Charles is also head of state of Canada, a former British colony, and the monarch has made a number of symbolic gestures in recent months, wearing Canadian medals, planting a maple tree and referring to himself as the king of Canada.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 May 2025
While severe mold and mildew infestations may require a professional or call for replacing the unit entirely, light mold colonies can be removed using the following steps to prevent them from spreading.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2025
Learn all about the town’s roots at the Germantown Colony Museum, where three buildings from the original colony still stand.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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The area where the remains were found was once-popular vacation destination for local plantation owners that began to fall into disrepair even before the Civil War as wealthy people abandoned their vacation homes and the ocean took hold of them, according to the Edisto Island website.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Louisiana, like much of the rest of the South, is dotted with former plantations.—
Maurice Carlos Ruffin,
Time,
21 May 2025
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Ethan Suarez’s clinic has been on the frontlines of Central Florida’s HIV battle, offering free rapid tests at community events and health fairs so people can know their status.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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The two-hour session was attended by more than 50 community participants, and much of the discussion centered on how an LVT could be used to counter the city’s pernicious problem of vacant and undeveloped properties.—
Daniel Brennan,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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Steiner Studios and the New York City Economic Development Corporation broke ground on a outpost in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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The vibrant new paintings all around us in his Long Island City studio are on view this summer, at Zwirner’s London outpost.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
5 June 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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