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have been colonizing

  • present perfect progressive of colonize.

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Coywolves, a hybrid animal that’s the result of mating between coyotes, wolves, and dogs, have been colonizing the eastern US pretty much undisturbed.

From The Verge Apr. 3, 2016

Hell, those ants have been colonizing for hundreds of millions of years.

From The Kenzie Report by Clifton, Mark