plantations
Example Sentences
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American inspectors in Michoacán, who monitor plantations and packing plants to ensure the fruit is pest-free, occasionally have found themselves in the cross-hairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A common misconception about American slavery is that most enslaved African-Americans lived on large plantations where contact with slaveholders was limited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many vicars, bishops, and archbishops are known to have personally managed investments in plantations, and in the South Sea Company, sometimes paying for renovations to churches and cathedrals.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
“Yes. It is work in the tea plantations of Ceylon.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
