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plant

[plant, plahnt] / plænt, plɑnt /


NOUN
factory and its buildings, equipment
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“The water plant is currently offline for an unknown reason,” read a mass text message sent to locals as an outside specialist drove to Braham to investigate the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

"We have a beautiful garden, and I would plant it in May or June, and basically walk away until October," Sandra Marquardt said of the mosquito issue.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

The long, slender fibers from the plant could be used to make products that are both stronger and softer than wood-based equivalents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The building to be occupied by Innocean was completed in 1930 as a bus manufacturing plant for Pickwick Stage Co., a California operator that became part of Greyhound Lines.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Frustrated that it was taking so long for venting to begin, Prime Minister Kan flew to the plant to meet with Yoshida at 7:00 A.M.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Members had fought off plans for toxic waste incinerators and power plants.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

While less polluting than coal, gas plants are still significant sources of planet-warming emissions, and their operations, particularly upstream, also leak methane, the main component of natural gas and itself a powerful greenhouse gas.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

The Los Angeles-based company runs a marketplace where sellers host live video auctions, hawking sports cards, clothes, slime and plants to viewers who bid in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Outside China, plants can refine about 585 tons a year and are producing about 331.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

I find it annoying that Dr. Crowchild’s plants always look so bright and healthy, while the one I’ve been trying to keep alive seems to fight against my efforts willing it to thrive.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Wealthier neighborhoods tend to have better-managed green space, with the leafy parts of trees growing far above lawns or planted flowers.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Yurok revegetation crews culled invasive weeds and planted nearly half a million native seedlings across 50 species, including redwoods and black cottonwood.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Within the cables, Giaka places Megrahi in Malta - where the bomb was said to have been planted - at a key time in the Lockerbie plot.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

She said it was false “that an executive planted a code word to catch” Bisignano reading the email.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The knight planted himself in the middle of the road, challenging every one of those "knights" to fight, one by one or in a group.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

"We can restore habitat by seeding meadows and planting trees, but this process takes a long time and has to be carefully managed," he said.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Rangzen's livestream of his death shows a heavy-set man striding across a street in a traditional "chuba" robe and planting a Tibetan flag outside the UN.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Before planting began, Novack took careful measurements across the 3,022 square feet of garden, spanning the front and side yards and backyard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The building has had to delay routine projects such as power-washing the buildings and planting new flowers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

With some of that money, she paid men to come and clear the land and dig rows for planting.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce




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