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lumber

[luhm-ber] / ˈlʌm bər /




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Pleasant River Lumber Company is producing 110 million board feet of softwood lumber per year at its main sawmill in Enfield and aims to expand production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

He has felt the squeeze personally too, citing high diesel, fertiliser, lumber and steel costs - everything from barbed wire to fence posts.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Trucks alone dominate the movement of goods in the U.S., but the railways play a major role in moving coal, lumber, ore and other bulk cargo over very long-haul routes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026

Customers didn’t inherently desire power saws and stacks of lumber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

My father worked for the Germans on the narrow-gauge railroad that transported lumber and other supplies from our area to Germany.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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