colonize
colonizes
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present tense formof colonize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The team studied how C. albicans colonizes the gut.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
Despite its gruesome appearance, this mushroom is beneficial for the coniferous trees it colonizes.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
“Once it colonizes the root system and displays visible mushrooms, the fungus is well progressed within the tree,” Crooks says.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
The fungus colonizes the trays, resulting in a material that, through an undisclosed proprietary procedure, looks and feels like leather, according to the company.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 28, 2022
What he feels on the worst days of that relentless winter—while rust colonizes the truck and rifles and radios, while German divisions retreat all around them—is a deep scorn for all the humans they pass.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
