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
In his packing plant, Graves Williams, a lifelong Republican, proudly explained the skill, labor, and manpower needed to provide tomatoes across North America, a feat that he says wouldn't be possible without immigrant laborers.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2023
"We have to break the old mentality of the packing plant being a sweatshop," Kingsbury said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2022
That farmer, Willis Jones, 65, said that in the early 2000s, he joined several hundred other farmers in investing a total of $12 million to reopen a packing plant in Tama, northeast of Des Moines.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2022
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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