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Recent Examples of lumberjacks
Besides those figures holding mufflers and tires, others were outfitted as cowboys, Indians, lumberjacks (often known as Paul Bunyans), astronauts, chefs, dentists, golfers, hot dog vendors, race-car drivers, pirates and service-station attendants.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The line's North to Alaska program brings Indigenous Alaskans and resident experts on board, from lumberjacks who can swing an axe with style to mountain climbers who have tackled Denali.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
The company was created to provide durable and functional garments for hunters, lumberjacks and railway workers.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
Sangliers are early risers, tasked with following lumberjacks from forest to forest in pursuit of felled trees destined for sawmills.
—Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
The line's North to Alaska program brings Indigenous Alaskans and resident experts on board, from lumberjacks who can swing an axe with style to mountain climbers who have tackled Denali.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
The company was created to provide durable and functional garments for hunters, lumberjacks and railway workers.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
Sangliers are early risers, tasked with following lumberjacks from forest to forest in pursuit of felled trees destined for sawmills.
—Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumberjacks
Noun
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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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Where once these trees stood in the island of Negros, sugarcane now dominates, all benefiting the hacenderos who welcomed the American lumbermen to clear the forests for later agricultural conversion.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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Sliced from a tree felled by loggers in 1891, the cross-section was annotated with historical events that marked its 13 centuries of life, from the beginning of Chinese book printing to the Crusades to the invention of the telescope.—
Elena Megalos,
Longreads,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Lumberjacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberjacks. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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