Example Sentences

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Elon Musk has claimed SpaceX will colonize Mars.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2023

Important wetlands along the reservoir, including the Velyki and Mali Kuchuhury archipelago, will suffer from desiccation, and ecologists are concerned that invasive plants, such as ragweed and goldenrod, will colonize newly exposed sediment.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 9, 2023

Two related ferns will colonize nicely in such places — the hay-scented fern and the New York fern.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2015

This is the premise of Endgame: The Calling, which is not so much a book as a sweeping attempt at a story that will colonize all conceivable media.

From The Verge • Jul. 28, 2014

Australia will colonize the islands to its north and connect by some isthmian umbilicus to Asia.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson