plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən 
Examples of plantation in a Sentence
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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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.
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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
There, slaves seeking freedom through the Underground Railroad took their first steps as free individuals, migrating from the slave plantations in the South to the free states of the North.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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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
There, slaves seeking freedom through the Underground Railroad took their first steps as free individuals, migrating from the slave plantations in the South to the free states of the North.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for plantation
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plantation. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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plantation
noun
plan·ta·tion
plan-ˈtā-shən
1
: a group of plants and especially trees planted and cared for
2
: a settlement in a new country or region : colony
3
: a planted area
especially
: an agricultural estate worked by laborers
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