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Recent Examples of sawyer
The third-generation logger runs a crew of about 20 sawyers and loggers.
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Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2025
John Cardinal, of Okemos, Michigan, also was in 1770s dress, working up a sweat as a sawyer.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
That seems a more viable premium buy-in point for the average amateur sawyer – still quite expensive, but not so drastically.
—New Atlas, 24 May 2025
But since the Federal government began slashing jobs at the Forest Service, many people with the power to vet amateur sawyers have been let go or accepted buyouts.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
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.
—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
Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2025
John Cardinal, of Okemos, Michigan, also was in 1770s dress, working up a sweat as a sawyer.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
That seems a more viable premium buy-in point for the average amateur sawyer – still quite expensive, but not so drastically.
—New Atlas, 24 May 2025
But since the Federal government began slashing jobs at the Forest Service, many people with the power to vet amateur sawyers have been let go or accepted buyouts.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sawyer
Noun
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The drive honors the late lumberman and passionate outdoorsman Pierce Stocking and begins just south of Glen Lake before winding upward through thick hardwood forests.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Train Dreams, based on a novella by Denis Johnson, follows his key character one Robert Grainier, played brilliantly by Edgerton, a lumberman who felled timber for railroads at the turn of the 20th century.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The original is set in an Australian rainforest populated by fairies, one of whom accidentally shrinks a logger to fairy size.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sliced from a tree felled by loggers in 1891, the cross-section was annotated with historical events that marked its 13 centuries of life, from the beginning of Chinese book printing to the Crusades to the invention of the telescope.—
Elena Megalos,
Longreads,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But this year’s report, published Wednesday, has the Queen City of the East – home of horror author Stephen King and the mythical birthplace of lumberjack Paul Bunyan – standing alone.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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The line's North to Alaska program brings Indigenous Alaskans and resident experts on board, from lumberjacks who can swing an axe with style to mountain climbers who have tackled Denali.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Through the act, the Kansas Forest Service received $300,000 to put toward beautification and planting efforts in Wyandotte County, said Blaine Stroble, a community forester with the state.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026
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Goldsworthy had originally sought to use a site about half a mile away, but the head forester of the Buccleuch estate, Jim Colchester, had urged him to visit this spot.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Sawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sawyer. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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