as in lumberman
a person whose job is to cut down trees the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down

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Recent Examples of logger According to Shero, earlier seal heart rate loggers have either been too invasive or needed a human standing within range of the seal with a receiver in order to get the real-time data. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2025 These mighty archetypes of the Pacific Northwest breeze into his workplace at night, often logger-like in their lanky, chiseled machismo but with an icy, zappy, evasive air. Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025 But having seen much violence and death in his years as a logger, he’s tormented by the sense that darkness is following him around and some kind of punishment is coming his way. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025 Robert goes from day laborer to Spokane railroad logger, perennially tested by a nature that seems to have more control over human destiny than people themselves do. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
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  • In the titular novel, restless lumberjacks plan a dance under the condition that some of them will attend as women.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the titular novel, restless lumberjacks plan a dance under the condition that some of them will attend as women.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Acting Associate Chief of the Forest Service Chris French instructed regional foresters and deputy chiefs throughout the agency in an April 3 letter to boost timber volumes by 25% over the next four to five years.
    Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The grants likely frozen support research to understand contamination on Maine farms as well as money for youth programs, fishermen and foresters.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logger. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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