timber

Example Sentences

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The budget would shift the agency’s focus toward domestic timber production and wildfire risk mitigation and response, and away from more recent turns toward conservation and recreation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Factories have closed, and the timber industry has struggled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Murphy describes the Union Street buildings as being "stone box exteriors with timber in it" - the same sort of design technique used by Mackintosh at the School of Art.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

A pyramid-shaped viewpoint on Loch Lomond that was hailed for its "sustainable timber" has been removed because the wood rotted away.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The storm had raised Cain in the thick timber of the river bottoms.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls