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Glucose can be derived from any lignocellulosic feedstock like wood chips, sawdust, tree branches or other woody biomass.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
In the 19th century, the global ice trade employed tens of thousands of men harvesting massive blocks of frozen water from northern lakes, insulating them in sawdust, and shipping them to tropical cities where refrigeration hadn’t yet arrived.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
But rest assured, there's no actual sawdust in sawdust pie.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Victor Campos gently combed away sawdust clinging to Oden’s hide as an auctioneer’s voice echoed Saturday through the Gold Country Fair.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
In the 19th century, the global ice trade employed tens of thousands of men harvesting massive blocks of frozen water from northern lakes, insulating them in sawdust, and shipping them to tropical cities where refrigeration hadn’t yet arrived.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
But rest assured, there's no actual sawdust in sawdust pie.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Victor Campos gently combed away sawdust clinging to Oden’s hide as an auctioneer’s voice echoed Saturday through the Gold Country Fair.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Sawdust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sawdust. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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sawdust
noun
saw·dust
ˈsȯd-(ˌ)əst 
: tiny particles (as of wood) made by a saw in cutting
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