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plant

[plant, plahnt] / plænt, plɑnt /


NOUN
factory and its buildings, equipment
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Musk wants to expand the data centers, and build a giant AI chip plant outside College Station, Texas, called Terafab, in a joint venture with Tesla.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Turkey is currently putting the finishing touches on the first reactor of its Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which should be online by the start of 2027, Bayraktar told an energy summit last week.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

“They are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing,” Edward Markey, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, wrote on X on Tuesday about potential hearings for technology executives.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Environmental evidence from plant and animal remains in the prehistoric era indicates a farming community cultivating crops such as barley and wheat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

“Nights like this are good for planting. The soil gets warm and mellow. Everything you plant will pop up out of the ground before you know it.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

That is comparable to the combined yearly electricity production of roughly 130 continuously operating nuclear power plants, each with a capacity of about one gigawatt.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

These include the hidden elven valley of Rivendell, which was created on a stage using real plants and trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Workers have also been asked to halt production at oil refineries, and France is expected to import more electricity than it produces on Thursday because of disruption at nuclear plants.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"By replacing electricity that would otherwise come from fossil fuel-fired power plants, this output avoids 185,936 tonnes of carbon emissions each year," operator Sanko Enerji says.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Beje was so closed in by the houses around that the window plants she started each spring never grew tall enough to bloom.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

For several years now, Italy has also had to contend with the growing strength of the Spanish truffle industry, where farmers have planted vast truffle orchards and slashed costs.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

For years, he has planted White Oaks acorns each year, a tradition he started years ago when his family owned Virginia farmland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It said it tests its water twice a year for Legionnaires', and has planted 2,000 trees.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Members of the Nature Volunteer Network and staff from the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk have planted hundreds of native wildflower plugs in Fairstead Recreation Ground in King's Lynn.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Just checking up on you,” she said, straightening that awful colossal flower planted behind her right ear.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

That means we can start the planting at the base.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Palii said he would look for a job so he can provide for his family: "There's no job I can't handle. Digging, hoeing, planting, building. I can even do demolition work."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

That made planting a sequoia an act of radical optimism, something I hadn’t felt in a long time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Under a policy based on the premise that the dead trees, or “snags,” will become fuel for future devastating wildfires and hinder planting of replacement trees, the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Madame Pyrénées, the geography teacher, babbled excitedly in French and then embraced Penelope and the children in turn until she was breathless from planting multiple kisses on each cheek.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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