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
Vingegaard’s storybook finish is all the more compelling given that three years ago he was working part time in a packing plant in Denmark, gutting and cleaning fish.
From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2022
"It is a tragedy, we are dealing with another death at a meat packing plant," Lincoln Cordeiro told Reuters.
From Reuters • Jun. 4, 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
As we drove past the packing plant and into downtown Tangerine, Henry D. started to tell me about last year’s game with Lake Windsor.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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