as in colony
a settlement in a new country or region
the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter
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Recent Examples of plantation
At George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation in Virginia there were several such necessaries on the grounds.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
This former coconut plantation is the site of the new Waldorf Astoria, which opened in January 2024 and comprises 50 one- to five-bedroom villas, each with its own tropical garden and pool.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite the efforts of small-scale farmers to diversify crops, almost half of La Palma is covered in banana plantations.
—Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
Musician and educator Harry Urata, confined to an internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, encountered Japanese-American workers who had processed sugar cane leaves on Hawaiian plantations since the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
This former coconut plantation is the site of the new Waldorf Astoria, which opened in January 2024 and comprises 50 one- to five-bedroom villas, each with its own tropical garden and pool.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite the efforts of small-scale farmers to diversify crops, almost half of La Palma is covered in banana plantations.
—Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
Musician and educator Harry Urata, confined to an internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, encountered Japanese-American workers who had processed sugar cane leaves on Hawaiian plantations since the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantation
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Agrigento was founded in 580 B.C. as the largest Greek colony in Sicily.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Founded by liberal lawyers and academics three years before the former British colony’s 1997 handover to China, the Democratic Party had campaigned for universal suffrage and on matters from labor rights to conservation during a period when such issues were openly discussed in the city.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantation. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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