as in forest
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
the wildfire burned through a large swath of timberland
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Recent Examples of timberland
The heirs of Peter Buck—a nuclear physicist whose $1,000 loan helped launch the nowadays ubiquitous fast-food franchise Subway—now own about 1.32 million acres of timberland, primarily in Maine, forming one of the largest contiguous private forests in the Northeast.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
What many of the list share, besides their astonishing wealth, is the pursuit of snapping up farmland—including ranchlands and timberlands—an emerging asset class for the ultrawealthy to protect their wealth, hedging against inflation and the volatility of some traditional assets.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
The company has become one of the largest private holders of timberland in the world, with approximately 10.4 million acres across the Western, Southern and Northeastern U.S. alone.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Dec. 2025
The billionaire entrepreneur resides in Maine and is one of the biggest private landowners in the U.S. with timberland, ranches and farms in the Midwest and Southwest.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
What many of the list share, besides their astonishing wealth, is the pursuit of snapping up farmland—including ranchlands and timberlands—an emerging asset class for the ultrawealthy to protect their wealth, hedging against inflation and the volatility of some traditional assets.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
The company has become one of the largest private holders of timberland in the world, with approximately 10.4 million acres across the Western, Southern and Northeastern U.S. alone.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Dec. 2025
The billionaire entrepreneur resides in Maine and is one of the biggest private landowners in the U.S. with timberland, ranches and farms in the Midwest and Southwest.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for timberland
forest
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After several years as an orphan, Pumphrey died in a South Caroline pine forest on August 16, 1780, in what was one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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The morning sky, plastered with dark-gray clouds, made the greenery of the forest so much brighter.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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“Timberland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timberland. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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