packing plant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of packing plant
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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At a Del Monte packing plant in Costa Rica, workers prepare boxes of Del Monte Gold pineapples for export.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024
She called her husband, who was working an overnight shift about 20 miles away at a garlic packing plant in Gilroy, and then quickly collected important documents, like birth certificates and Social Security cards.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023
"We have to break the old mentality of the packing plant being a sweatshop," Kingsbury said.
From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2022
Storm Lake has a meat packing plant, and she's the journalist who writes for all six to eight towns around Iowa that read her paper.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021
The chimneys of Swift’s packing plant stood tall against the sky, belching thick smoke that spread over Packingtown like a blanket, smothering the community below in the stench of blood.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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