are colonizing
- present progressive of colonize.
Example Sentences
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“Red foxes are colonizing the Arctic, and they’re outfoxing the Arctic foxes,” he says.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2023
Some bee populations are colonizing new territories that were previously too cold.
From The Verge ● Feb. 6, 2020
On Chimborazo, gray-green lichens and pillows of moss are colonizing the rocks and gravel recently bared by retreating ice.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 11, 2019
Ken Warheit, supervisor of the genetic and health laboratories of the WDFW, said finding the fish this many months after the escape doesn’t mean Atlantics are colonizing the Skagit.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
In an uncultivated island, which you are colonizing with children, it will only be needful to let the germs of truth expand in the developments of reason!
From Essays on Political Economy by Bastiat, Frédéric
