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 In the new show's trailer, veteran logger Jared Douglas and his team of loggers head out into the wilderness for their chance to take down massive, highly valuable trees that can be worth up to $70K each. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 The loggers are after the oyamel trees that the butterflies hibernate on. Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024 Access roads cut for construction allow poachers who target lynx prey and loggers who destroy the cat’s habitat to penetrate deeper into previously remote terrain. Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024 The body was supposedly petrified by sap, and the loggers found several gold coins dating to the late 1600s, as well as pieces of paper identifying the person as Pierre D’Artagnan. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for logger 
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  • 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
  • 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.
    Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2023
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  • The titular novel focuses on a group of male lumberjacks who decide to throw a dance party in which some of the workers volunteer to attend as women, leading to an unlikely rivalry.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In only half a day, a lumberjack can cut down enough trees for an entire print run of one of our issues.
    Harper's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
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  • George said his father quashed his early dream to be a game warden or forester.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Since the project began, scientists and local foresters from the indigenous Matlatzinca people have planted nearly 1,000 seedlings.
    Andrea J. Arratibel, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Logger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logger. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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