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
"It is a tragedy, we are dealing with another death at a meat packing plant," Lincoln Cordeiro told Reuters.
From Reuters • Jun. 4, 2022
In 2008, the accumulated dust at a sugar packing plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia, had grown inches deep in places.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2021
With the crowd’s attention centered on the next group of strikebreakers being herded into the packing plant, our presence went largely unnoticed.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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