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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 For instance, analyzing two large sugar plantations in Saint Domingue during the last quarter of the eighteenth century, Gabriel Debien calculated a rate of return of about 12 percent. Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 The 1774 Alexander Rock House, homesite of a small Revolutionary Era plantation, turns 250 this year. Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025 It’s situated in St. Philip, on a former sugar plantation that dates to 1720. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Victor tells his story to the Captain, starting with his childhood on a grand family plantation estate that has since been lost. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plantation
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  • In addition to the military importance of these towns, royal officials hoped to convince colonists that only their side could restore law and order and bring economic prosperity back to the colonies.
    Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, colonies formed their own militias made up of citizen-soldiers.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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