surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər 
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Housing surveyors have reported the largest fall in new buyer inquiries in October since the financial crisis, excluding the period during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
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Caterpillar and Blackheart have both been seen swimming in the Southeast waters for about a month before they were spotted with calves, surveyors said.
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The surveyors also found 190 fish farther south at a Rio Rico sampling site, and 10 at Nogales Wash.
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Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Caterpillar and Blackheart have both been seen swimming in the Southeast waters for about a month before they were spotted with calves, surveyors said.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
The surveyors also found 190 fish farther south at a Rio Rico sampling site, and 10 at Nogales Wash.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Weather service surveyors often look at larger uproots of trees to get a true idea of where the wind was blowing from.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
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surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər
: one that surveys
especially
: one whose occupation is surveying land
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