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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 plantations
Because sugar plantations were so large and enslaved populations were so preponderant, whites feared that any tumult would end with their heads on pikes.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Pinot Noir plantations only account for about 14,000 acres and rank as the number two grape grown.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 1 May 2026
Fruiting bodies of these terrestrial mushrooms are found in forests, parks, and plantations in late summer and autumn.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
Planners razed coconut plantations, sketched marina slips and golf courses, and ordained where tourists would sleep, eat, and jet ski.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
So too did the titular Joe Turner, the brother of Tennessee governor Pete Turner and a man responsible for taking prisoners from Memphis to Nashville, but who often sold them into a kind of neo-slavery on cotton plantations along the Mississippi River.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
So too did the titular Joe Turner, the brother of Tennessee Governor Pete Turner and a man responsible for taking prisoners from Memphis to Nashville, but who often sold them into a kind of neo-slavery on cotton plantations along the Mississippi River.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Over the last 50 years, industrial tree plantations have sprung up in the region, growing mainly non-native pines and eucalyptus, which are especially flammable.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
But these high-yield plantations are high risk and can be surprisingly fragile.
—John Parker, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Pinot Noir plantations only account for about 14,000 acres and rank as the number two grape grown.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 1 May 2026
Fruiting bodies of these terrestrial mushrooms are found in forests, parks, and plantations in late summer and autumn.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026
Planners razed coconut plantations, sketched marina slips and golf courses, and ordained where tourists would sleep, eat, and jet ski.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
So too did the titular Joe Turner, the brother of Tennessee governor Pete Turner and a man responsible for taking prisoners from Memphis to Nashville, but who often sold them into a kind of neo-slavery on cotton plantations along the Mississippi River.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
So too did the titular Joe Turner, the brother of Tennessee Governor Pete Turner and a man responsible for taking prisoners from Memphis to Nashville, but who often sold them into a kind of neo-slavery on cotton plantations along the Mississippi River.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Over the last 50 years, industrial tree plantations have sprung up in the region, growing mainly non-native pines and eucalyptus, which are especially flammable.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
But these high-yield plantations are high risk and can be surprisingly fragile.
—John Parker, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantations
colonies
Noun
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In fact, Britain had twenty-six American colonies, and only half of them rose up.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For his part, the teenage Bezos who dreamed of creating human space colonies has lost none of his passion for the enterprise.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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“Plantations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantations. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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