as in colonies
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
Gullah Geechee people are descendants of West and Central Africans who were enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations on the Sea Islands of the lower Atlantic states, including part of north Florida.
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Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
De Boré’s demonstration set off a boom in sugar production on plantations in southern Louisiana.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
The train crawls through one impressively lush landscape after another—around mountains; through valleys, jungles, forests, and tea plantations; and past thickets of palm trees waving gracefully in the humid breeze.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
As Black instruments were confiscated and burned, the new Caribbeans would abandon their plantations to perform secret rites in the forests, or remake their tools entirely.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025
The armed group controls tens of thousands of acres of coca plantations and has gained significant political leverage as President Gustavo Petro’s Administration scrambles to secure agreements with armed groups critical to advancing Colombia’s broader peace talks and anti-narcotics efforts.
—Bram Ebus, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
That terrain primed it to operate sugar plantations in colonial times; flatter, drier Barbuda was ill-suited to that crop.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Formerly privately owned and the site of two plantations, the land is now managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
De Boré’s demonstration set off a boom in sugar production on plantations in southern Louisiana.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
The train crawls through one impressively lush landscape after another—around mountains; through valleys, jungles, forests, and tea plantations; and past thickets of palm trees waving gracefully in the humid breeze.
—Alesandra Dubin, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
As Black instruments were confiscated and burned, the new Caribbeans would abandon their plantations to perform secret rites in the forests, or remake their tools entirely.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025
The armed group controls tens of thousands of acres of coca plantations and has gained significant political leverage as President Gustavo Petro’s Administration scrambles to secure agreements with armed groups critical to advancing Colombia’s broader peace talks and anti-narcotics efforts.
—Bram Ebus, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
That terrain primed it to operate sugar plantations in colonial times; flatter, drier Barbuda was ill-suited to that crop.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Formerly privately owned and the site of two plantations, the land is now managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantations
colonies
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This means the seasonal blooms of insects like caterpillars – which offspring rely on at nesting colonies – have been and gone by the time the birds arrive.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Water safaris Ribsafari in Vestmannaeyjar offers tours of the puffin colonies on Elliðaey and Bjarnaey, where visitors can observe the impressive seabirds in their natural habitat.—
Mia Taylor,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Plantations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantations. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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