colonizes
- present tense form of colonize (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"It allows us to witness ecological processes that would otherwise remain invisible -- how life colonizes, evolves, and adapts. Such work is essential for understanding the future of ecosystems in a rapidly changing world."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
Despite its gruesome appearance, this mushroom is beneficial for the coniferous trees it colonizes.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023
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
Sometimes a fraction of a population breaks away and colonizes a new habitat.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
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
