timberland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of timberland
Example Sentences
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Ryan Dezember is based in New York and writes about commodities, including oil, natural gas, cotton, lumber and grains, as well as real assets, such as timberland, energy infrastructure and rental houses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
In some cases, smaller timberland owners have had to pay for thinnings, turning what is typically a payday into a major expense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The company is the largest holder of timberland in the U.S. and a leading producer of logs, lumber and oriented strand board.
From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025
Industry groups representing loggers, mills, private timberland owners, biomass energy producers and others claim the designation would lead to heightened wildfire risk.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
The Ammonses had come up from Tennessee into Illinois in the early days and cleared the timberland along the Mississippi Valley some forty miles out of St. Louis.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.
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