colonize
had colonized
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past perfectof colonize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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During my visit, the same group of girls who had colonized the Hello Kitty disco had found their way into the “Sleepover Room,” which is curated by the multidisciplinary artist Hannah Diamond.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
The team was able to model only the final leg of the drift path based on the smallest barnacles that had colonized the flaperon.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 23, 2023
In just 50 years, the animals had colonized an area roughly 13 times larger than their native European range, a rate faster than any other introduced mammal, including pigs and cats.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 21, 2022
By the next summer, cottontails had colonized a roughly 13-mile radius, and were spotted in Enumclaw, Sumner and Kent.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
He then asked how the ancestors of his own people had reached New Guinea over the last tens of thousands of years, and how white Europeans had colonized New Guinea within the last 200 years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
