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Recent Examples of sawyer
John Cardinal, of Okemos, Michigan, also was in 1770s dress, working up a sweat as a sawyer.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
That seems a more viable premium buy-in point for the average amateur sawyer – still quite expensive, but not so drastically.
—New Atlas, 24 May 2025
But since the Federal government began slashing jobs at the Forest Service, many people with the power to vet amateur sawyers have been let go or accepted buyouts.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
His years spent going from one forest logging job to another, pairing up with other sawyers to fell giant spruces, yield marvelous vignettes of wilderness frontier life.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
The crew spread out, and sawyers began to cut the chaparral with their saws.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
His father, George, owned 25,000 acres of land and operated large plantations in Virginia, relying on enslaved people to work as carpenters, coopers, sawyers, blacksmiths, tanners, shoemakers, spinners, weavers, knitters, distillers, cooks, laundry maids and field laborers.
—Sue Eisenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
For this reason, some sawyers prefer to over-tighten the chain a bit while sharpening to keep it taut, then reset to the proper tension once the job is complete.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
The western red cedar used for the front and back pergolas as well as all the exterior window trim was cut and milled by a sawyer up in Cloverdale, Oregon.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
That seems a more viable premium buy-in point for the average amateur sawyer – still quite expensive, but not so drastically.
—New Atlas, 24 May 2025
But since the Federal government began slashing jobs at the Forest Service, many people with the power to vet amateur sawyers have been let go or accepted buyouts.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
His years spent going from one forest logging job to another, pairing up with other sawyers to fell giant spruces, yield marvelous vignettes of wilderness frontier life.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
The crew spread out, and sawyers began to cut the chaparral with their saws.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
His father, George, owned 25,000 acres of land and operated large plantations in Virginia, relying on enslaved people to work as carpenters, coopers, sawyers, blacksmiths, tanners, shoemakers, spinners, weavers, knitters, distillers, cooks, laundry maids and field laborers.
—Sue Eisenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
For this reason, some sawyers prefer to over-tighten the chain a bit while sharpening to keep it taut, then reset to the proper tension once the job is complete.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
The western red cedar used for the front and back pergolas as well as all the exterior window trim was cut and milled by a sawyer up in Cloverdale, Oregon.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawyer
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Based on Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams is described as a moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly changing America of the early 20th Century.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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The Kansas City Chiefs tight end appeared to lean in even deeper to the buzz with his lumberjack-style pregame tunnel fits.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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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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“Sawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawyer. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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