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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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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
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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
Noun
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And there are flashbacks to her father’s days as a lumberjack and her mother’s special powers.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Toward the end of that video, Kennedy passes the challenge along to Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, who's also the Secretary of Transportation, as well as a former champion lumberjack and reality TV star.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Jack Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian (Lauren McQueen), the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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Following the Norman invasion of England, Rob, a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian, the daughter of a Norman lord, fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Sawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawyer. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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