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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
Researchers worry these large colonies could be equally as destructive as their parent species and spread across more of the United States.
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
Reviving a legacy that spans more than two centuries, Old Road Rum is named after the town of Old Road, the location of the first English colony in the Caribbean, established in 1623.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Meyer’s books put a sci-fi spin on classic fairy tale characters amid growing conflict between Earth and its former colony Luna.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The American Revolution began when the King of England by royal decree refused to allow the inhabitants of the 13 colonies to have the same rights as other British citizens.
—Mitchell W. Berger, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
Reviving a legacy that spans more than two centuries, Old Road Rum is named after the town of Old Road, the location of the first English colony in the Caribbean, established in 1623.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Meyer’s books put a sci-fi spin on classic fairy tale characters amid growing conflict between Earth and its former colony Luna.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The American Revolution began when the King of England by royal decree refused to allow the inhabitants of the 13 colonies to have the same rights as other British citizens.
—Mitchell W. Berger, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colony
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Just as plantation owners once claimed to know what was best for enslaved people — controlling their movement, their associations, their very thoughts — artificial intelligence systems now make similar claims about human behavior.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Although General Granger announced that all enslaved people were to be freed, enslavers and plantation owners were left to announce the news.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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Heather Kelly, Next PR Forbes Agency Council is an invitation-only community for executives in successful public relations, media strategy, creative and advertising agencies.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Like other Black communities, integration opened doors to vacation elsewhere.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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Schiaparelli’s first European retail outpost outside its Paris salon, the Harrods unit sits in the Superbrands room alongside brands including Loro Piana, which also just opened a new space, with Loewe and Valentino to follow suit this summer.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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These hills are the last outpost of the once-mighty and ancient Appalachian range that stretches from northeast Alabama to the tip of Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula, the ground-down essence of the continent.—
Robert Finch
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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“Colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colony. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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