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
Ladera is famous for its unique position within the Piton Mountain range, built atop a volcanic ridge and on the site of a former cocoa plantation.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantation
colony
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The trail will typically lead you to cracks and crevices where the colony is hidden.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
13 Mar. 2026
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The treaty also supported the idea of the Delaware acting as the leader of a coalition of other Native nations that would join the colonies as a state with representation in Congress when the war ended.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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