lumber business

collocation in English

meaningsoflumberandbusiness

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lumber
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlʌm.bər/us
/ˈlʌm.bɚ/
wood that has been prepared ...
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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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(Definition oflumberandbusinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflumber business

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He resumed thelumberbusiness.
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His father ran alumberbusiness.
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Diversified interests, related to thelumberbusiness.
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Greeley was in thelumberbusiness.
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He worked in thelumberbusiness.
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He was involved in thelumberbusiness.
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He later worked in thelumberbusiness.
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He was also in thelumberbusiness.
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He retired from thelumberbusinessaround 1820.
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He earned his fortune in the family'slumberbusiness.
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He was a farmer and in thelumberbusiness.
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He engaged in thelumberbusinessfor thirty-five years.
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In 1816, he retired from thelumberbusiness.
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Then he engaged in thelumberbusinessand farming.
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Following his schooling, he entered his father'slumberbusiness.
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Barkhouse operated a wholesalelumberbusinessand a general store.
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He worked in thelumberbusinessand in transportation.
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There he interested himself in thelumberbusiness.
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He engaged in milling and in thelumberbusiness.
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Thelumberbusinessnever regained prominence in the area.
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He was engaged extensively in thelumberbusiness.
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Then he engaged in farming and thelumberbusiness.
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He subsequently involved himself in thelumberbusiness.
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He joined his father'slumberbusiness, eventually becoming a partner.
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He engaged in thelumberbusinessin 1887.
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