: a board made of several plies of fiberboard, paper, or felt bonded to a hardened gypsum plaster core and used especially as wallboard
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And nearby, drywall from a warehouse hung in the trees.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Roughly a third of lumber and most drywall and home appliances used in U.S. residential construction are imported, and all are subject to the new tariffs.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The firefighters also cut open the walls and roof of the affected apartments and used thermal imaging cameras to measure the heat behind drywall to ensure that the flames were completely extinguished, the department said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Higher tariffs threaten to raise the costs of lumber, drywall and other home-building inputs, federal support for affordable housing may decline, and construction crews could shrink during a crackdown on undocumented workers, who likely account for 15 to 23 percent of construction labor.
—Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Roughly a third of lumber and most drywall and home appliances used in U.S. residential construction are imported, and all are subject to the new tariffs.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The firefighters also cut open the walls and roof of the affected apartments and used thermal imaging cameras to measure the heat behind drywall to ensure that the flames were completely extinguished, the department said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Higher tariffs threaten to raise the costs of lumber, drywall and other home-building inputs, federal support for affordable housing may decline, and construction crews could shrink during a crackdown on undocumented workers, who likely account for 15 to 23 percent of construction labor.
—Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Drywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drywall. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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drywall
noun
dry·wall
ˈdrī-ˌwȯl 
: a board made of layers of fiberboard, paper, or felt bonded to a plaster core
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