forester

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Recent Examples of forester Established in 1964 under the Wilderness Act, the area was named for Bob Marshall, a young forester, conservationist, and co-founder of the nonprofit the Wilderness Society. Will Rice, Outside, 13 Nov. 2025 The opera tells the story of a forester who makes a deal with the devil for magic bullets. Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025 Flags are at half-staff in Wisconsin on Saturday in remembrance of Adam Zirbel, 48, who was a senior forester at the Kettle Moraine State Forest's Northern Unit. Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025 Set after the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) witnesses the execution of his father, a Saxon forester, which incites him to rebel. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forester
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Noun
  • The drive honors the late lumberman and passionate outdoorsman Pierce Stocking and begins just south of Glen Lake before winding upward through thick hardwood forests.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Train Dreams, based on a novella by Denis Johnson, follows his key character one Robert Grainier, played brilliantly by Edgerton, a lumberman who felled timber for railroads at the turn of the 20th century.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Environmentalists say the state should not be cutting carbon-storing redwoods, while loggers maintain their practices are sustainable.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • Over the past few years, a wave of companies has emerged to extract sophisticated and granular information about how employees spend their time, sometimes down to the minute, using tech such as location trackers, keystroke loggers, cameras, and microphones.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • The blade was at least ten inches long and double-edged, honed on one side with a wavy scalloped finish, the other a jagged toothing like a lumberjack’s saw.
    Chang-rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
  • But this year’s report, published Wednesday, has the Queen City of the East – home of horror author Stephen King and the mythical birthplace of lumberjack Paul Bunyan – standing alone.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Forester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forester. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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