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plantation

noun

plan-ˈtā-shən

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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 plantation Many let their plantations fall victim to rot; others abandoned cocoa farming altogether. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026 In the British colonial holdings of the West Indies and American colonies, these slave-owning colonizers and plantation administrators were predominantly Protestant. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 And the Hemings family was an enslaved family, an enslaved Black family on Monticello's plantation who - which included Sally Hemings, who was the daughter of Elizabeth Hemings and John Wayles. — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 His father was plantation chef for Howell Hinds, a wealthy planter with about 3,500 acres of land south of present Greenville, Mississippi. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plantation

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Such groups may include perennial nomads (such as the Roma in Europe), Indigenous peoples in former European colonies, or smaller tribes in societies where tribal membership is socially significant.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
The production hot spots are documented Himalayan cliff bee colony sites or honey source districts cited in the hospital case studies.

— Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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