as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Lung-function testing used race corrections derived from slavery-era plantation medicine, leading to widespread underdiagnosis of serious lung disease in Black patients.
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Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The researchers conducted a field experiment in a conifer plantation forest at the Xitou Nature Educational Area of National Taiwan University.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
This was during the years of the Haitian Revolution, which made the future of slavery on sugar plantations in the Caribbean look uncertain.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Fueled by rage and an insatiable desire for freedom, Isaac persuades Charles to keep the plantation.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
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Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
The researchers conducted a field experiment in a conifer plantation forest at the Xitou Nature Educational Area of National Taiwan University.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
This was during the years of the Haitian Revolution, which made the future of slavery on sugar plantations in the Caribbean look uncertain.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Fueled by rage and an insatiable desire for freedom, Isaac persuades Charles to keep the plantation.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantation
colony
Noun
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People packed like a seal colony.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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The colony quickly descended into indiscriminate violence, stopped mating, and died out.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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