timber
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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
By the time they were done, the timber that remained looked distinctively shrublike.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
California’s 14 demonstration forests are required to produce and sell timber to show — or “demonstrate” — sustainable practices.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Even the timber for Malai canoes was obtained by trade from villagers on nearby Umboi Island, since Malai does not have trees big enough to be fashioned into canoes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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