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Recent Examples of sawyer
His years spent going from one forest logging job to another, pairing up with other sawyers to fell giant spruces, yield marvelous vignettes of wilderness frontier life.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
The crew spread out, and sawyers began to cut the chaparral with their saws.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
His father, George, owned 25,000 acres of land and operated large plantations in Virginia, relying on enslaved people to work as carpenters, coopers, sawyers, blacksmiths, tanners, shoemakers, spinners, weavers, knitters, distillers, cooks, laundry maids and field laborers.
—Sue Eisenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
For this reason, some sawyers prefer to over-tighten the chain a bit while sharpening to keep it taut, then reset to the proper tension once the job is complete.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
The western red cedar used for the front and back pergolas as well as all the exterior window trim was cut and milled by a sawyer up in Cloverdale, Oregon.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Interfor, one of the pandemic's hottest stocks, is the latest sawyer to announce cutbacks, citing declining wood demand in its decision to reduce fourth-quarter lumber output by 17%.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
The cotton-elastane blend stretched well enough for one sawyer to use proper form and wear chainsaw chaps while bucking wood.
—Charlie Ebbers, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
The year after the Nuttall Fire, West became a sawyer, operating a chainsaw in heavy timber, often on the hot edge of a fire—one of the most dangerous jobs on a hotshot crew.
—The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
The crew spread out, and sawyers began to cut the chaparral with their saws.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
His father, George, owned 25,000 acres of land and operated large plantations in Virginia, relying on enslaved people to work as carpenters, coopers, sawyers, blacksmiths, tanners, shoemakers, spinners, weavers, knitters, distillers, cooks, laundry maids and field laborers.
—Sue Eisenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
For this reason, some sawyers prefer to over-tighten the chain a bit while sharpening to keep it taut, then reset to the proper tension once the job is complete.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
The western red cedar used for the front and back pergolas as well as all the exterior window trim was cut and milled by a sawyer up in Cloverdale, Oregon.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Interfor, one of the pandemic's hottest stocks, is the latest sawyer to announce cutbacks, citing declining wood demand in its decision to reduce fourth-quarter lumber output by 17%.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
The cotton-elastane blend stretched well enough for one sawyer to use proper form and wear chainsaw chaps while bucking wood.
—Charlie Ebbers, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
The year after the Nuttall Fire, West became a sawyer, operating a chainsaw in heavy timber, often on the hot edge of a fire—one of the most dangerous jobs on a hotshot crew.
—The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawyer
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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
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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
Noun
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For other tasks like calculating timber volume, tree age and health, and measuring tree diameter, Ramsay uses specialized forestry devices like a tree boring tool and loggers tape.—
Katie Bradish,
Outside Online,
15 Jan. 2025
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The buildings hearken back to days when miners and loggers crowded the main street’s saloons.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And good luck to the knees and ankles of any forward in the 1980s who got close enough to a Ron Hextall or a Billy Smith, who’d take their big goalie paddles and chop a forward down like a lumberjack.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Go deeper: SouthPark’s personal shopper will help transform your wardrobe, no matter your budget, age or lifestyle Unleash your inner lumberjack Escape the heat with axe throwing — here are a few spots in the area: BATL Axe Throwing (Plaza Midwood): 933 Louise Ave.—
McKenzie Rankin,
Axios,
7 Jan. 2025
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City foresters are seeking $150,000 to test chemical treatments and other maintenance.—
Axios Salt Lake City,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
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Mount Dora’s new urban forester will also be in attendance for a meet and greet and tips on tree care.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Sawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawyer. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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