sawdust
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noun
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Origin of sawdust
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It has a facility near Marquette, Mich., that is fed sawdust and tree tops from the Upper Peninsula’s pineries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The decking company built its business on composite boards made from sawdust and recycled plastic shopping bags, which it pitches as more durable than pressure-treated lumber.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
He said: "The finances aren't good, the margins are wafer thin. It's a lot of sawing for not much sawdust, as my grandfather used to say."
From BBC • May 27, 2025
A farmer in southwestern Hokkaido named Noboru Ohtaka came up with the idea for a so-called “ion bath” after stepping on a sawdust enzyme fertilizer he’d developed and noticing it felt pleasant.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
Alyce had just finished watering the beer and was kneading sawdust into the pie crust when she heard the rumble of a cart on the inn path.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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