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  • present participle of log.
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logging

[law-ging, log-ing] / ˈlɔ gɪŋ, ˈlɒg ɪŋ /
NOUN
deforestation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
denuding


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Experts say the crisis is rooted in decades of land-use change, dating back to the Suharto era, when vast areas of rainforest and peatland in Kalimantan were opened for logging, plantations and large-scale development projects.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

California lawmakers have voted to shift a state forest system away from commercial logging and pave the way for tribal co-management, delivering a win to a movement rooted in the historic timber wars.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

If the forests are being used to show how to boost commercial logging gains, “then that is not how we want to use our public assets.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Besides last summer’s interrupted logging job, several hundred acres of fast-growing loblolly planted in 2017 and 2018 are coming due for thinning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Late in the afternoon, I stepped from the trees onto what appeared to be a disused logging road.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

There were "harvest homes" and "quilting bees" and "loggings" and "barn raisings."

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut




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