as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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As walls were moved, Nelson kept and restored the mahogany windows and doors, tongue-and-groove paneling, and plantation shutters that gave the home its richness, and paired them with plaster, stone, and custom millwork.
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Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
An opportunity to work on a cocoa plantation took him to Africa's Ivory Coast.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 18 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
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Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
An opportunity to work on a cocoa plantation took him to Africa's Ivory Coast.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 18 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantation
colony
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In the two decades that followed, nationalization was embraced by former colonies across Asia and Latin America, spurring the United States and wealthy European nations to start prioritizing domestic resource extraction.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Commissioned by Lincoln Center, the solarpunk narrative explores themes of survival, climate reckoning, and generational power struggles aboard a floating utopian colony in the Pacific Ocean.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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