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plant

[plant, plahnt] / plænt, plɑnt /


NOUN
factory and its buildings, equipment
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By comparison, just 53% said they would oppose a nuclear energy plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

A small power plant has been shut down during a cyber attack.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

They recorded every plant species identified across the meadow and tracked changes within permanent survey plots.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Founded in 1987, AT&S initially made printed circuit boards before entering the IC substrate business in 2016, when it began serial production at a new plant in Chongqing, China.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

The side streets were still unpaved, fading out to the barren pebbly lots of a railyard and a gas plant.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Cognitive performance was similar among people taking vitamin D2, which is typically obtained from plants or fungi, and vitamin D3, which the body produces after sun exposure and which can also come from animal-based foods.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

More than 2,000 plant cuttings will be available to people who have booked online on Wednesday, with two more opportunities to collect plants scheduled later in the year.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

In industry, condensation plays an important role in converting steam back into water at power plants, producing fresh water from seawater, and carrying heat away from electronic equipment.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

"Urgent adaptations are needed to mitigate the effects of successive heatwaves on plants and the insects that rely on them to thrive," the society said.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

My excuses to Jeff were pretty lame, too: I had to clean my room, move some plants, rake my grandparents’ yard … After a while, he stopped asking and did more things with Rich instead.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Now growing despite the fact that blockbuster heart drug Entresto is facing generic competition, Novartis has no need for a panic buy because it planted its seeds years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

His team planted fabricated papers naming the targets in a submerged chest in a Czech lake near the German border before “discovering” them in 1964.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Ben Thomas, from Treveddoe Farm near Cardinham, has planted 2,500 trees.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

“Tony” stays planted in its own immediate present, rarely hinting at the veers Bourdain’s biography will take.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Granda said there was a world just like ours on the bottom of the sea where the sídhe planted potatoes in the sand and drank tea from tiny shell cups.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Former employees say the two couples have spent the years since Megxit monitoring one another, always making sure to counter any positive media coverage by planting their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The results indicate that pollinator-friendly planting schemes may need to consider more than simply providing large numbers of flowers.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

"The conservation volunteers have been preparing the site by creating ponds and planting willow," Thallon said.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

"It's an indescribable moment," the 56-year-old lawyer told AFP, planting a kiss on her cat Polux's head after rescuers pulled the animal from the detritus of its owner's apartment.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

But every day, winter and summer for the rest of her life, Rose-Ivy visited Mary’s grave, planting flowers, tending to the weeds, and talking to her, so she knew she wasn’t forgotten.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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