colonize
are colonizing
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present progressiveof colonize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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
The robots are colonizing more of the intellectual space on the internet.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2018
The Greeks were the colonizing people of antiquity, as much as the English are colonizing people of to-day.
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
