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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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Like in the British colonies of North America and the Caribbean, the working and living conditions of enslaved people in Latin America were equally violent and even more deadly.
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Ana Lucia Araujo / Made By History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
One skull will tell the story of freedmen colonies that scattered Black life throughout the Austin area before the city’s 1928 masterplan segregated the community east of Interstate 35.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024
Photo: Dani Benton Our work on the honeybee farm includes hive health inspections, monitoring colony growth, building hive boxes and, of course, harvesting and processing honey.
—Dani Benton, Contributor, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
The company secured a federal contract to run a colony of 3,500 monkeys on Morgan Island off the coast of South Carolina, also known as Monkey Island.
—Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Ana Lucia Araujo / Made By History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
One skull will tell the story of freedmen colonies that scattered Black life throughout the Austin area before the city’s 1928 masterplan segregated the community east of Interstate 35.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024
Photo: Dani Benton Our work on the honeybee farm includes hive health inspections, monitoring colony growth, building hive boxes and, of course, harvesting and processing honey.
—Dani Benton, Contributor, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
The company secured a federal contract to run a colony of 3,500 monkeys on Morgan Island off the coast of South Carolina, also known as Monkey Island.
—Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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But if old-growth trees are replaced with new tree plantations, the new trees may never reach the same size as the original trees, some environmental groups argue.Kurt Kleiner, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2024
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This week, racist text messages are being sent to Black Americans, telling them they are selected to be enslaved and assigned to pick cotton on a plantation.Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2024
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The goal of the Family Place Libraries program is to encourage libraries to be a family-friendly environment and transform them into community centers for literacy, early childhood development, parent education and engagement, family support and community information.Barbara D. Hathaway, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The Phoenix Veterans Day Parade brought together service members, veterans, community groups, families and civilians for a morning of gratitude.Christopher Howley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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That was the directive given to Hannes Peer when designing The Manner, a new Manhattan hotel and the first outpost of an ultra-luxurious concept from the hospitality group Standard International.Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
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The location is also home to the first outpost of Café Utopia Drei Berge, the culinary offshoot of the luxurious Swiss mountain retreat Drei Berge Hotel that Touhami bought and revamped last year out of his passion for mountains and hiking.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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