timber

Example Sentences

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Some of Black’s outside investments were in funds focused on investing in timber, venture capital and Chinese private equity—areas not generally in Apollo’s wheelhouse at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Boring things like, “There are thirty-two million people,” and “Some of Canada’s main exports are timber and aluminum,” and they sent all those facts and figures to me in an envelope.

From Literature

The team at Bournemouth University have applied to Historic England for a grant to excavate the timbers on the presumption it is part of the protected wreck.

From BBC

But sold by the country's military-linked sector, with little regard for sustainability, the timber is illegal to import into the UK, EU and US.

From BBC

While they flew beneath the clouds, bare, brown patches of ground were visible where the Weyerhaeuser Logging Company had harvested timber on some of the most profitable land in the country.

From Literature