as in lumberman
a person whose job is to cut down trees the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down

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Recent Examples of logger The buildings hearken back to days when miners and loggers crowded the main street’s saloons. Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Longwood’s modern history begins a half-century later, when the industrialist Pierre S. du Pont purchased the arboretum to save it from the logger’s ax. airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024 Knott’s, however, gave the ride, one that moves in its flume at a relatively brisk pace, a narrative about turn-of-the-century loggers, showing the world that thrill rides could carry a story. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024 Trash and recycling collection is fifth most dangerous job in the US, after loggers, fishermen, aircraft pilots, and roofers. Michael Hardy, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2018 See All Example Sentences for logger
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  • In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.
    Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
  • Two other men also applied for a barbed wire patent with changes of their own: lumberman Jacob Haish and merchant Isaac Leonard Ellwood, according to Encyclopedia online.
    Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
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  • In 1997, the lumberjack and aspiring lawyer with a thick Wisconsin accent appeared in the Boston-set season of the groundbreaking MTV reality series.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Tracing Josiah’s trajectory from lumberjack to shipyard riveter to ambitious serviceman, Wang offers a protagonist of unflappable morality and decency.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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  • In the series, following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian, the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
  • City foresters are seeking $150,000 to test chemical treatments and other maintenance.
    Axios Salt Lake City, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logger. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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