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| (n) a person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or prevent it from reaching a specific group or society based on what is considered morally, politically, or inappropriate content |
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| (n) the removal or prevention of art, literature, music, news, or other material based on what is considered to be morally or politically inappropriate content |
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| (v) to form or establish a colony; to migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony; to subjugate (conquer/suppress) a population |
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(n) the formation of a settlement in a new land; the arrival of people from the same country who reside in a foreign country, city or particular section of it.
The spreading of a species into a new habitat. |
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| (n) Agreement between an individual's behavior and socially accepted standards, rules or laws. A conformist is one who follows the majority's desires or standards. |
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| The supervision of rivers, forests and other natural resources in order to preserve and protect them through prudent management. |
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| Advocacy for or work toward protecting the natural environment from destruction or pollution. |
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(v) extrapolate (v.)
To make a prediction about the unknown or the future based on information and concepts that are already known to be valid in the present. |
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| (n) The rule or authority of a nation over foreign countries and the acquisition of new colonies. |
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| (n) The entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful as if to take possession or overrun; infringement by intrusion |
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| (n) The term was coined in 1845 by the journalist John L. O'Sullivan. It suggested that U.S. territorial expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean was not only justified and inevitable, but a divine right of the American people. |
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