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plantation

[plan-tey-shuhn] / plænˈteɪ ʃən /


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He was unable to train that day because he had not had time to collect his kit after finishing work at a papaya plantation.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Gloria Terranova, a 59-year-old coffee plantation worker, said she held out hope that Cepeda might still win the presidency despite finishing second in the first round.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Audubon, who was born in Haiti and grew up in France, moved to Pennsylvania where he lived on his father's plantation.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Mr. Rood tells us, that the plantation model reached “the apotheosis of the form.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Enslaved Africans working to produce sugar on a West Indies plantation, based on an image by Theodore de Bry, 1590.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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