timber
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The 80,000-acre tract, a timber holding of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., had been set aside in 1926 as the Singer Wildlife Refuge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
As it was a timber LLC based on large quantities of land, it had previously been agreed that if you exited, you would receive pennies on the dollar per acre.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
This, he said, was due centuries of human activity such as farming and timber use.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Environmentalists say funding these forests with timber operations incentivizes cutting bigger trees.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
The storm had raised Cain in the thick timber of the river bottoms.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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