plantations

Example Sentences

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In order to ship coffee to Europe, Vietnamese and Brazilian suppliers will soon have to supply the GPS coordinates of their plantations.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

At first they made money from illegal logging and plantations, later benefitting from a speculative property boom in the cities fuelled by Chinese investors.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Cases under investigation include pastures declared on archaeological sites, olive trees in a military airport and banana plantations on Mount Olympus.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Billy hails from a herd in Malaysia that was culled to clear land for palm and rubber plantations, according to the zoo.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

They were doing the same thing on the other plantations in Dorchester County—the Stewart plantation, and the Ross plantation—they were all selling slaves.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry