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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
One occupant was James P. Whelan, a lumberman.
—Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
The lumberman crowded in next, becoming the second white man to catch a fatal load of buckshot.
—Craig Pittman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
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
One occupant was James P. Whelan, a lumberman.
—Donna Reiner, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
The lumberman crowded in next, becoming the second white man to catch a fatal load of buckshot.
—Craig Pittman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
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
Noun
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The reservoir’s critics, a coalition of local landowners, loggers and environmentalists, cast Marvin Nichols as pointless and damaging, a boondoggle putting their livelihoods and businesses at risk to satiate the wasteful consumption of Dallas-Fort Worth businesses and homeowners.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2025
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Fiske said she’s seen instances, unrelated to Drax, where loggers weren’t trained properly and ended up taking more wood than should have been allowed under a wildfire resilience scheme.—
Tom Brown,
Wired News,
14 June 2025
Noun
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And then Stag Dance, the main story in the book, is completely written in this weird lumberjack slang.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
17 Mar. 2025
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Dexter Morgan died once before, born again as a lumberjack and eventually an upstate New York man about town.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
11 July 2025
Noun
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For knowledgeable foresters, the first step is to evaluate the situation with the purpose of removing dead or tertiary growth.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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In the series, following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian (McQueen) the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in love and work together to fight for justice and freedom.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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“Lumberman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumberman. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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