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 President Donald Trump wants loggers to cut down bigger California trees for lumber. Tom Philp, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025 In some scenes of the film, the relationship remains much closer as in Myanmar, where loggers use elephants to move giant trees felled for timber. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025 From July 2021 to December 2023, vehicle data loggers measured participants' driving behaviors such as hard braking, hard cornering, randomness of driving routes, speeding, and distances traveled. Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 9 Jan. 2025 The legacy of Bolsonaro’s far-right government, from 2019 to 2022, still has a strong impact and leaves its mark in arsons, murders of Indigenous leaders and land invasions by miners and loggers. Kevin Giraud, Variety, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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Noun
  • At this moment, our two guides and the lumbermen who had rescued us from the log jam came bursting out of the guides’ cabin and rushed to the bateau.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
  • Two strong lumbermen with spiked poles pushed and tugged at the logs, slowly opening a passage.
    Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Quirky roadside figures include giant cowboys, lumberjacks, and dinosaurs.
    Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
  • Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 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
  • My father was the head forester of a very large estate in Angus.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025

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