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timberlands

noun

plural of timberland

as in forests

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 timberlands 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

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Behind the story Ituri, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is a remote province of forests, green hills and gold mines where weak state institutions and decades of armed conflict have displaced nearly 900,000 people.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
Healthy soils, wetlands, forests and working ecosystems aren’t just environmental assets.

— Sara Roversi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of forests

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Inspired by the discussion, Gaines, who was living on a farm in New Hampshire at the time, devised a survival game using sheep-marking dye pellets, hosting the first iteration in woods on his land in June 1981.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2026
In the clip, a person is seen slowly jogging through a town and in the woods, a field, and other natural settings.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026

Definition of woods

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The sprawling Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area offers even more spectacular scenery, with hundreds of miles of hiking trails winding through rugged peaks, coastal canyons, oak woodlands, and scenic overlooks.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
Bedell was an organizer of opposition early last year when Tilcon sought to rezone 83 acres of woodlands to allow expansion of its quarry.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

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