surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər 
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Weather service surveyors often look at larger uproots of trees to get a true idea of where the wind was blowing from.
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024
The intrigue: William Byers, a surveyor and farmer, is credited with establishing much of the current Baker neighborhood.
—John Frank, Axios, 22 Sep. 2024
There's also a big split in registration: 89 million women told census surveyors they were registered in 2020, vs. 79 million men.
—Axios, 13 July 2024
The narrator takes delight in helping persuade a team of federal surveyors to submit the rightful name to the map-drafting office, but in the end the joke is on him.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024
The intrigue: William Byers, a surveyor and farmer, is credited with establishing much of the current Baker neighborhood.
—John Frank, Axios, 22 Sep. 2024
There's also a big split in registration: 89 million women told census surveyors they were registered in 2020, vs. 79 million men.
—Axios, 13 July 2024
The narrator takes delight in helping persuade a team of federal surveyors to submit the rightful name to the map-drafting office, but in the end the joke is on him.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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“Surveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveyor. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.
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surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər
: one that surveys
especially
: one whose occupation is surveying land
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