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surveyor

[ser-vey-er] / sərˈveɪ ər /


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The chartered surveyor outbid Rolling Stones star Jagger for the idyllic Isle of Gigha, off Scotland's west coast, in 1989.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

So he accepts Washington’s self-description as an experienced surveyor and hires him to lead a small expedition to chart the lands.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"Before, we used to pass on the left; now the passage is to the right of the sandbank, and it's very, very narrow," said Daniela Cuoghi, a surveyor for Aipo.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

The first gallery looks at Washington’s childhood and teen years, his parents, and his first job as a 16-year-old surveyor, including a set of his equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

I saw in their faces how happy they were, and sad, too, because Uncle Katsuhisa would never be a land surveyor.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

“Quality repairs aren’t just about immediate survival — they’re about passing the long-term scrutiny of adjusters, surveyors, and insurers,” the company says.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

As Manchester recounted, “The artist’s eye was uncanny; next morning a team of surveyors found he had been less than six inches off the axis.”

From Salon May 7, 2026

When surveyors for a much delayed $12 billion road project under the River Thames scoured for bats, they found six in an abandoned World War II air-raid shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

That means it couldn’t deploy surveyors to the field to collect the real-time pricing data needed to help generate the inflation index.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

George Washington was one of many surveyors whose work enabled them to increase their own landholdings.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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