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Recent Examples of lumberman
Two other men also applied for a barbed wire patent with changes of their own: lumberman Jacob Haish and merchant Isaac Leonard Ellwood, according to Encyclopedia online.
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Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
The lumberman crowded in next, becoming the second white man to catch a fatal load of buckshot.
—Craig Pittman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
One occupant was James P. Whelan, a lumberman.
—Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
For one of Eric’s distant relatives, a lumberman named Moses Grandy, the swamp was at once the site of his bondage and the nexus of his freedom.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 13 Apr. 2022
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Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
The lumberman crowded in next, becoming the second white man to catch a fatal load of buckshot.
—Craig Pittman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
One occupant was James P. Whelan, a lumberman.
—Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
For one of Eric’s distant relatives, a lumberman named Moses Grandy, the swamp was at once the site of his bondage and the nexus of his freedom.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 13 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumberman
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Visions of the Western United States —its woods and landscapes— both entice and haunt Grainier throughout his life, evoking unanswerable beauty and heartbreak that circle around and around the logger and railroad worker, nonlinearly over the course of the film.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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It’s adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella and follows Robert Grainier, a logger working on the railroad that will cross the United States, at the turn of the 20th century.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Musk also took a swipe at Duffy’s status as a world champion lumberjack speed climber.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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Tempe forester Richard Adkins said the city was turning the green waste into compost in an effort to give back to the community.—
Lauren De Young,
AZCentral.com,
16 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
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“Lumberman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberman. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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