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 Based on Denis Johnson’s eponymous novella, the movie stars Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th Century. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025 Because Indigenous people in the Amazon, who are also the most likely to be affected by extreme poverty in the Amazon, are the ones who need alternative livelihoods so that loggers don't cut down Hectares of the Amazon to try to create some cheap meat products. Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 An 11-minute, 13-episode 2D satire in which an Amazonian trickster spirit launches anarchic eco-pranks to repel loggers. Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 July 2025 The roof’s materials were sourced from local sustainable loggers and sovereign tribal groups, all within a 300-mile radius of the airport. AFAR Media, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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Noun
  • Two strong lumbermen with spiked poles pushed and tugged at the logs, slowly opening a passage.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
  • 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
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  • And there are flashbacks to her father’s days as a lumberjack and her mother’s special powers.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Toward the end of that video, Kennedy passes the challenge along to Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, who's also the Secretary of Transportation, as well as a former champion lumberjack and reality TV star.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Jack Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian (Lauren McQueen), the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob, 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.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logger. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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