surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər 
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But the diver’s eye view was even more dramatic, said one of the surveyor divers and co-authors, Richard Karp, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences with NOAA’s coral program.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The survey involved more than 3,000 respondents across the country, asking surveyors to answer for their home state — 214 surveyors responded for Wisconsin, according to MarketBeat.
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George Washington first visited the area in 1748 as a land surveyor and was a frequent visitor to the warm springs for years, even buying land in town.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The survey involved more than 3,000 respondents across the country, asking surveyors to answer for their home state — 214 surveyors responded for Wisconsin, according to MarketBeat.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
George Washington first visited the area in 1748 as a land surveyor and was a frequent visitor to the warm springs for years, even buying land in town.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
Subsea inspectors and marine surveyors, for example, can be booked on a per‑project basis.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
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surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər
: one that surveys
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: one whose occupation is surveying land
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