lumber

Example Sentences

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“The idea of utilizing the urban forest for lumber started as a business idea in relation to the Urban Ecology Project, a business dedicated to utilizing urban resources.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He also raised levies on specific items such as steel, lumber and cars and ended rules that had allowed shipments worth less than $800 to enter the country, among other measures.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The president, for example, has at his disposal Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same tool he used to impose import taxes on steel, aluminum, lumber and furniture.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

Ryan Dezember is based in New York and writes about commodities, including lumber, oil, natural gas, copper and gold, as well as real assets, such as timberlands and energy infrastructure, for The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

For a while chokecherries were thick on the trees along the lumber roads that had been a mist of white blooms earlier.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen