How to Use colonization in a Sentence

colonization

noun

• Coffee trade steeps on the laurels of colonization and human sacrifice.
  — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2021
• Though the emergence of the wine industry was largely due to French colonization, many of the wineries and vineyards are still in business today.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2021
• And it’s [an] idea that really emerges in the aftermath of 19th-century European colonization of the rest of the world.
  — The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2021
• Where did the interest in 1570s Spanish colonization in the Philippines come from?
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Feb. 2021
• Any efforts to address environmental concerns through the Catholic Church that do not grapple with its history of colonization will come up short.
  — The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
• The cookie crust, however, is made with butter and derived from a custard tart during the British colonization of Hong Kong, Ho said.
  — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
• Most changes have come through the brute force of colonization.
  — Kaitlyn Swan, refinery29.com, 30 June 2021
• There's no limit to the harm that is, can be, has been, and will be caused by colonization.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 22 June 2021
• The grand goal of the Chinese state is to complete the colonization of Xinjiang.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
• The truth is that colonization of the East African coast did not end with the departure of the British in the middle of the 20th century.
  — The Conversation, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Then a sequence of colonizations over four centuries by the Portuguese, Dutch and British shaped the city.
  — Scott Hocker, theweek, 15 Apr. 2024
• Deivid, on the other hand, is enamored with the Mars colonization project and dreams of going to space.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
• But few would say that Africans weren’t dealt a truly lousy card by colonization.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
• The area had once been the home of the Tongva people, Gorman noted, pre-colonization.
  — Doreen St. Félix, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
• The first colonization of Mexico was of course by Spain.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• Musk next set his sights on a lofty goal: space exploration, and the future colonization Mars.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 27 Apr. 2022
• That very first meeting was just an eye-opener for me in terms of the colonization of the Inuit in Greenland, how it was done and the systemic tools that were used.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
• The festival’s roots lie in the Portuguese colonization of Brazil.
  — Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• This myth seems to have stemmed from a small study in mice that showed the nasal spray influenza vaccine led to an increase in group A strep colonization.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
• There are ideas too: about moral impunity and colonization and the doubling of the self and, well, mommy issues?
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
• In 1655, the grounds of the Estate were established when the British bested the Spanish in the ongoing colonization of Jamaica.
  — Bee Quammie, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• This crisis is the result of hundreds of years of genocide and colonization.
  — Kali Simmons, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2021
• The schools were part of a broader push to erase Indigenous cultures, a step in the colonization of North America.
  — NBC News, 15 July 2021
• The board said the names were linked to slavery, oppression, genocide and colonization.
  — Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
• In some ways, the current crisis is a new version of what has been happening from the age of colonization onward.
  — Tatiana Schlossberg, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2022
• By 1610, the area had emerged as a fixture on Spanish trade routes, leading to Santa Fe’s colonization.
  — Alexandra Malmed, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
• Coffee first entered the scene in Vietnam in the 19th century with the French colonization.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2021
• His novels have often stemmed from his belief that the legacy of colonization has been played down.
  — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• And while space tourism is one thing, mining and colonization of the moon and asteroids is another.
  — Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
• The plant was cultivated by the Aztecs centuries before the European colonization of the Americas.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Feb 2025