Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumberer
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Katie Waldron Cascadia – In the world of sparring environmentalists and loggers in Coastal Oregon, a wildlife biologist, a timber worker, and a pyromaniac punk come together to form an environmental activist group and navigate a blossoming love triangle.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Star Joel Edgerton, who plays Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker in the rapidly changing America during the early 20th century, was also Golden Globes-nominated for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture (drama).—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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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
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The history of gubernatorial candidates and winners in Wisconsin is replete with mayors, merchants, lawyers, lumbermen, publishers, educators, industrialists, secretaries of state, attorneys general and lieutenant governors.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Seven years after introducing lumberjack-style recreation to the capital region, Smart Axe has closed its Roseville and Folsom locations.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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No matter the color, the check played a key role in the overall lumberjack aesthetic that trended at the show.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Simply break out into two teams, and roll the four bocce balls toward the jack without displacing it.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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No one in my generation remembers the huge labor force of switchboard operators, but in the 1950s there were 340,000 workers physically plugging cords into jacks to connect callers to one another (roughly equivalent to the number of dental assistants today).—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Goldsworthy had originally sought to use a site about half a mile away, but the head forester of the Buccleuch estate, Jim Colchester, had urged him to visit this spot.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Julie Clark, a community education specialist for UCANR, recalled getting a call from a local forester who spotted an unhealthy-looking coast live oak while driving in Simi Hills’ Box Canyon.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Lumberer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberer. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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