Example Sentences

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Antibodies may be good at knocking out the coronavirus early in an infection, when the virus is colonizing the nose.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Fueled largely by the vast streams of wealth crossing the globe as never before, a new generation of hyper-luxury homes with stratospheric price tags is colonizing the most gilded hillsides and canyons of Los Angeles.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2015

Almost all of this novel’s metaphors and similes emerge from the author’s experience of the Internet and his sense of the way it is colonizing consciousness.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2013

Now a new wave of restaurateurs is colonizing Steamboat with inventive menus, ranging from farm-to-table to tapas-style cuisine.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2012