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 film — which hails from director Clint Bentley, who also adapted it with Greg Kwedar from Denis Johnson's 2011 novella of the same name — follows the life of a logger named Robert Grainier (Edgerton), who works to install railroads across the continental United States in the early to mid-1900s. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025 During the 1970s, rural villagers in India, particularly women, responded to the invasion of loggers by embracing trees under threat, in what became known as the Chipko movement. Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025 Advertisement Joel Edgerton plays a logger in this thoughtful, philosophical drama based on the 2011 novella by Denis Johnson. Ben Rosenstock, Time, 27 Aug. 2025 Both men were amazed to hear of Blair’s troubles - and persistence - in trying to secure a logger over the past year and a half, by phone, email and video conferences from his home in Phoenix. Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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  • 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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  • Both outlets also reported that Duffy may seek to fold NASA into the Department of Transportation, an agency also led by the former lumberjack and reality TV star.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Gudbranson rose to his skates and gave Hartman a lumberjack cross-check into the back.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • 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

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