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

Experts say it’s not a sign that the newcomers are colonizing local rivers, though.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 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 Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)