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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
Indonesians make up the large bulk of foreign labor in Malaysia, predominantly in plantations and construction.
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ABC News, 12 May 2026
The study found that agave plantations in the two areas have expanded by over 400% the past three decades, increasingly replacing forests and farmland with a species of agave known as espadin, used in most commercial mezcal.
—Claudia Rosel, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Because sugar plantations were so large and enslaved populations were so preponderant, whites feared that any tumult would end with their heads on pikes.
—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
These mushrooms have been introduced via tree plantations in Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
—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
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
ABC News, 12 May 2026
The study found that agave plantations in the two areas have expanded by over 400% the past three decades, increasingly replacing forests and farmland with a species of agave known as espadin, used in most commercial mezcal.
—Claudia Rosel, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Because sugar plantations were so large and enslaved populations were so preponderant, whites feared that any tumult would end with their heads on pikes.
—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
These mushrooms have been introduced via tree plantations in Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plantations
colonies
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With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The filmmaker’s research into viral colonies and group organisms revealed a fascinating parallel to human society.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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“Plantations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plantations. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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