surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər 
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The rebound in 2019 could be due, at least in part, to the department’s translocations, Kolar says, but surveyors didn’t see many males with leg bands during the spring lek surveys, which would have indicated Wyoming birds.
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Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
Now, about 1 acre of the property is available for development after Powell and his team assisted a group of biologists, engineers, surveyors, lawyers and contractors in creating an onsite restoration preserve for the vernal pools.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
Healthy Pools surveyors interviewed 2,000 adults online from June 26 to 30, with the goal of measuring Americans’ knowledge and behavior related to swimming and public health.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2025
Colonial explorers and surveyors recorded that the balds were present in the late 1700s, before widespread European settlement.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
Now, about 1 acre of the property is available for development after Powell and his team assisted a group of biologists, engineers, surveyors, lawyers and contractors in creating an onsite restoration preserve for the vernal pools.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
Healthy Pools surveyors interviewed 2,000 adults online from June 26 to 30, with the goal of measuring Americans’ knowledge and behavior related to swimming and public health.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2025
Colonial explorers and surveyors recorded that the balds were present in the late 1700s, before widespread European settlement.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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“Surveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveyor. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər
: one that surveys
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: one whose occupation is surveying land
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