as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Recent Examples of plantation
About 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery.
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ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Much of my adolescence was spent in Kandy, a city built around a lake, set amid the lush tea plantations of the hill country.
—Eranda Jayawickreme, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
The commodities produced by slaves — sugar, tobacco, rum, and molasses — were shipped back to Europe, making vast amounts of money for British banks and the plantation owners in Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The fire trend is linked to the proliferation of nonnative and highly flammable grasses, particularly on fallowed landscapes once used for sugar and pineapple plantations.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Much of my adolescence was spent in Kandy, a city built around a lake, set amid the lush tea plantations of the hill country.
—Eranda Jayawickreme, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
The commodities produced by slaves — sugar, tobacco, rum, and molasses — were shipped back to Europe, making vast amounts of money for British banks and the plantation owners in Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The fire trend is linked to the proliferation of nonnative and highly flammable grasses, particularly on fallowed landscapes once used for sugar and pineapple plantations.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantation
colony
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The year was 1754, and Franklin's goal was to unite the disparate colonies into a coalition against a common enemy.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The directness with which the camera meets the eyes of the film’s subjects suggests compassion for their disfigurement and isolation (indeed, Farrokhzad adopted a boy from the colony), but there are no interviews.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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