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plant

[plant, plahnt] / plænt, plɑnt /


NOUN
factory and its buildings, equipment
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Electric bills in New York City have increased by about 37% over the last five years because gas and nuclear plants have been forced to close.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that burned a section of a large automotive glass plant near Dayton, Ohio, that supplies components to several major automakers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The strike among unionized workers, which began March 16, was the largest at a meat processing plant in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

Building a nuclear plant became more time consuming and expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sri Lanka has been running coal and diesel power plants at full capacity to meet electricity demand.

From Barron's