plantation
Example Sentences
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The plantation also became a central component in new transnational commercial networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Mr. Rood tells us, that the plantation model reached “the apotheosis of the form.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
And there is no sign yet that other projects linked to large-scale deforestation, including a food and energy plantation plan in South Papua, will be halted in this drive.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
It is a well-known problem that Myanmar teak continues to find its way into supply chains, passed off for example as plantation teak from other tropical countries.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Prior to the Civil War, when West Virginia was still part of the state of Virginia, these ancestors of mine were slaves on a plantation called The Bower, in Leetown, Virginia.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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