surveyor
noun
sur·vey·or
sər-ˈvā-ər 
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Those in favor of the bill stated school board races are already political and requiring school board members to list their political affiliation would be similar to the way county coroners, surveyors and other local candidates list their affiliation.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Fortis had hired geotechnical surveyors who found a 24-foot (7-m) layer of infill composed of everything from gravel and bricks to old docks and shipwrecks.
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Dustin Meighan, 38, a surveyor, looks at Mr. Adams and sees a pawn of President Trump.
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Bones found by land surveyors in 1997 have now been identified as his, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office announced Feb. 13.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Fortis had hired geotechnical surveyors who found a 24-foot (7-m) layer of infill composed of everything from gravel and bricks to old docks and shipwrecks.
—New Atlas, 22 Feb. 2025
Dustin Meighan, 38, a surveyor, looks at Mr. Adams and sees a pawn of President Trump.
—Andy Newman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Bones found by land surveyors in 1997 have now been identified as his, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office announced Feb. 13.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Surveyor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surveyor. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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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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