plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən 
Examples of plantation in a Sentence
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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After consulting police databases, investigators verified that the three men had been linked to recent thefts of opium poppy from legal plantations intended for pharmaceutical use and located in the province of Albacete.
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CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Exhibits — including displays of traditional art and the accounts of community members’ experiences — show how isolation on coastal and island plantations led them to create a culture, food and language of their own, drawing heavily on influences carried from Africa.
—Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Beloved opens in Ohio in 1873, a decade after Emancipation, though half of the novel is a flashback to life on a plantation in Kentucky in the 1850s.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The festival has previously welcomed more than 1,000 guests from around 80 countries, with attendees participating in auctions and touring tobacco plantations.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Exhibits — including displays of traditional art and the accounts of community members’ experiences — show how isolation on coastal and island plantations led them to create a culture, food and language of their own, drawing heavily on influences carried from Africa.
—Adam Kuehl, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Beloved opens in Ohio in 1873, a decade after Emancipation, though half of the novel is a flashback to life on a plantation in Kentucky in the 1850s.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The festival has previously welcomed more than 1,000 guests from around 80 countries, with attendees participating in auctions and touring tobacco plantations.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for plantation
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plantation. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən
1
: a group of plants and especially trees planted and cared for
2
: a settlement in a new country or region : colony
3
: a planted area
especially
: an agricultural estate worked by laborers
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