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plantation

noun

plan-ˈtā-shən

Definition of plantation

as in colony

a settlement in a new country or region the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter

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Recent Examples of plantation Initial rumors were fueled by local innuendo and supported by records aligning Hemings’ pregnancies with Jefferson’s presence at his plantation home of Monticello in Virginia. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 Expect light wood accents, rich textiles, white plantation shutters, and framed artwork alongside in-room lending libraries. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 Nobody complained when Pitt received the part of Louis de Pointe du Lac, a wealthy plantation owner in the late 18th century whom Lestat would eventually sire after Louis is consumed by grief over the death of his wife and child. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plantation

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colony

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The new appendage lets humans using Beewise’s Beehome monitoring system remotely care for the colony without needing to go to a hive that might be up to 100 acres away from the farmhouse.

— Rachel Sacks, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Although iguana colonies remain relatively stable, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) still lists them as Vulnerable due to predators, mounting pollution issues, and cyclical El Niño events.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

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