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surveyor

[ser-vey-er] / sərˈveɪ ər /


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A scion of northeastern Virginia, Washington first crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains during the course of his duties as a teenage surveyor in 1748.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Apart from the Walden adventure, Thoreau appeared as a public speaker and worked as a surveyor and in his father’s very successful pencil factory, for which he created some important innovations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Ibrahim, 52, is a former surveyor in Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, who quit his job in 2015 to try his luck.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Luke is 34 and works as a chartered surveyor in London.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

So we arranged to get an independent surveyor in, just to make sure everything was OK.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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