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

Sharda Devi, 55, a settler's daughter, recalls the first arrivals "toiling in some of the harshest conditions" to carve plantations out of the tangled forests.

From Barron's • May 18, 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

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

Accustomed to cooperative agriculture in which whole villages often farmed together, many Africans were used to working in large groups, the most efficient method for large American plantations.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis