as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Today, the plantation includes 4.5 miles of lake frontage, a stocked fishing lake, a 30-acre duck pond, vast irrigated fields, and five miles of spring-fed creeks with waterfalls.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 June 2025
Narrated by Brown, the story centers Wash’s 19th-century odyssey from the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born to the Canadian city and beyond.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2025
If all of these things seem correct, a historian would then look into other documents, such as previous appraisals or the plantation’s accounting ledger, which might be housed in the same collection or might be in another archive.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025
Stoner built the first schoolhouse for white children on his plantation in 1880.
—arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 June 2025
Narrated by Brown, the story centers Wash’s 19th-century odyssey from the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born to the Canadian city and beyond.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2025
If all of these things seem correct, a historian would then look into other documents, such as previous appraisals or the plantation’s accounting ledger, which might be housed in the same collection or might be in another archive.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025
Stoner built the first schoolhouse for white children on his plantation in 1880.
—arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantation
colony
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The booming financial hub was the family’s first real estate development, carved out from vast tracts of agricultural land acquired when the Philippines was still a colony of Spain.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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If you haven’t been yet inducted into the Roller Rabbit squad (colony?), a brief introduction: The brand has become an absolute obsession on social media in the past few years, especially among tween and teen girls.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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