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 reservoir’s critics, a coalition of local landowners, loggers and environmentalists, cast Marvin Nichols as pointless and damaging, a boondoggle putting their livelihoods and businesses at risk to satiate the wasteful consumption of Dallas-Fort Worth businesses and homeowners. Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025 Fiske said she’s seen instances, unrelated to Drax, where loggers weren’t trained properly and ended up taking more wood than should have been allowed under a wildfire resilience scheme. Tom Brown, Wired News, 14 June 2025 But Portland remains a drinking town first and foremost, its 21st-century denizens not too different from the thirsty loggers who grew this town a hundred or so odd years ago. Jordan Michelman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 July 2025 The Life on the Lake Tour also gives a historic view of the area, taking passengers around Rainy Lake, pointing out gold mines and fish camps, and explaining what life was like for the trappers, loggers, gold miners, and fishermen who once explored this area. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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Noun
  • At this moment, our two guides and the lumbermen who had rescued us from the log jam came bursting out of the guides’ cabin and rushed to the bateau.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
  • Two strong lumbermen with spiked poles pushed and tugged at the logs, slowly opening a passage.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The Spartans and Wolverines play annually for the Paul Bunyan Trophy, a 4-foot replica of the legendary lumberjack.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • And then Stag Dance, the main story in the book, is completely written in this weird lumberjack slang.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For knowledgeable foresters, the first step is to evaluate the situation with the purpose of removing dead or tertiary growth.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In the series, following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian (McQueen) the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 1 July 2025

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