Examples of 'colony' in a sentence
Meaning of "colony"
colony (noun) - a territory under the political control of a distant country
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- An area under the political control of another country and typically occupied by settlers (colonists) from it, or by their descendants.
- A group of people who settle such an area and maintain ties to their native country, and (later) their descendants.
- A group of people, of one nationality, ethnic group, or language, residing in a different country, city, or area; the area such people occupy.
- A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
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The whole colony comes here to celebrate.
I wanna work with lepers on a leper colony.
The colony is now home to a million goslings.
I intend to prove this colony is governed by law.
The colony club ladies will be here.
They got this colony locked down.
A colony by any other name was still a colony.
The whole entire colony completely vanished.
Colony planets are the biggest business now.
There is a colony one jump from here.
You are beaming cargo down to a penal colony.
For a larger colony it is recommended to dispose mechanically.
Of course we can not remove the colony.
Starting a colony could save us from extinction.
You are a threat to every ant in this colony.
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The colony of marmots is the reason given.
We came to know that our colony is going to be vacated.
Their colony grows fruits and vegetables.
I hope to a leper colony far from here.
The colony needs a huge supply of food.
I once discovered a peculiar colony of spores on a hull of.
Or the colony of rats squatting in the kitchen.
I need to get them back to the colony.
We lost an entire colony before we threw up a quarantine.
You helped him buy a micro colony.
No other colony carries that much weight.
See if you can contact the colony.
Establishing the colony must be of secondary importance.
Directed research is expected to continue at this colony.
It is now a colony of single cells organized as a computer.
This is payback for that mining colony.
Since our colony needs immediate stability.
Was in a meeting with the worst of the colony.
There is a colony across the way there.
It was she who came to me in the leper colony.
But a successful colony inevitably attracts enemies.
Why someone would betray the colony.
Or a colony of midget friends shagging each other.
I found something about the roanoke colony.
There is quite a colony of them in the village.
Number of adults present at each site or colony.
But our colony survived and prospered.
Do not ever come back to the colony.
Within a year the colony had failed.
He endangered the well being of this entire colony.
We are no longer a colony in the historical meaning of the word.
Varroa mites are a pernicious threat to the colony.
The colony is very close to surrendering.
We have lost contact with the colony.
No wonder colony collapse disorder is an issue in your hive.
