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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The former British colony’s sugarcane plantation system profited enormously from enslaving Black people for centuries.
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Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The land, which enslaved Africans once transformed from a cypress swamp into an intricate system of rice plantations, is now a wildlife preserve managed by Charleston County Parks & Recreation.
—Ellen Schmedinghoff, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025
These methods help maintain the ecological balance of the plantation.
—Ivan Terzi, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Today, Brown farms industrial hemp and vegetables as the owner of the Oakley Grove plantation, land on which his great-grandfather was once enslaved.
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Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The land, which enslaved Africans once transformed from a cypress swamp into an intricate system of rice plantations, is now a wildlife preserve managed by Charleston County Parks & Recreation.
—Ellen Schmedinghoff, AFAR Media, 14 Jan. 2025
These methods help maintain the ecological balance of the plantation.
—Ivan Terzi, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Today, Brown farms industrial hemp and vegetables as the owner of the Oakley Grove plantation, land on which his great-grandfather was once enslaved.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Plantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plantation. Accessed 22 Jan. 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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