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Firefighters battled a massive five-alarm fire Friday evening that broke out inside a Queens lumberyard, the FDNY said.
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Today these may not be available to most of us, but can be substituted with bamboo or wood stakes found at garden centers or lumberyards.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The Connecticut developers who created the plan for the Station 280 apartment complex in Granby are eying a former lumberyard as the potential site for up to 210 apartments in Suffield.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Her father, Harry, worked as a manager at the family lumberyard, and her mother, Frances, was a church secretary and a bookkeeper.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 Feb. 2026
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Today these may not be available to most of us, but can be substituted with bamboo or wood stakes found at garden centers or lumberyards.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
The Connecticut developers who created the plan for the Station 280 apartment complex in Granby are eying a former lumberyard as the potential site for up to 210 apartments in Suffield.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Her father, Harry, worked as a manager at the family lumberyard, and her mother, Frances, was a church secretary and a bookkeeper.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 Feb. 2026
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“Lumberyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberyard. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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lumberyard
noun
lum·ber·yard
-ˌyärd 
: a place where lumber is kept for sale
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