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Examples of timberland in a Sentence
the wildfire burned through a large swath of timberland
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Despite the attention on these examples, most foreign entities purchasing land are European or Canadian companies interested in renewable energy or timberland, for example.
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Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
Be sure to stop off at Grant Grove, Roaring River Falls, and Zumwalt Meadow along the way, scoping out old growth timberlands and powerful cascades.
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Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2023
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is working to complete the purchase of a conservation easement on important timberland and wildlife habitat in northwest Montana.
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Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2024
Despite the attention on these examples, most foreign entities purchasing land are European or Canadian companies interested in renewable energy or timberland, for example.
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The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
Phelan wanted to reduce the limit to 5%, and apply the caps to all forms of real estate, including commercial buildings, second homes, farms and timberland.
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Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
The wildfire started Sunday, with the Estacada Fire District responding around 12:45 p.m. to a report of a brush fire in slashed and reproduced timberlands owned by The Weyerhaeuser Company, according to an update posted to the fire district’s social media.
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oregonlive, 18 July 2023
The timberlands here are rich and varied: maple, oak, beech, birch, mountain ash, and the placer gold of timber, red spruce, prized by the lumber mills for its grain, strength, and beauty.
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Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
In the following 13 years, the acres of forest in the area that had been thinned grew from about 20,000 to 87,000, or almost half the timberland in the recreation area that straddles the California-Nevada border, said Jeff Cowen, spokesman for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
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Jim Carlton, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1654, in the meaning defined above
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“Timberland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timberland. Accessed 19 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
timberland
noun
tim·ber·land
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: wooded land especially with timber fit for sale
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