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surveyor

[ser-vay-er] / sərˈveɪ ər /


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One of those displaced by the advance was Jamal Abu Miri, a 68-year-old retired land surveyor who understood firsthand that the Yellow Line was more than just an arbitrary marker on a map.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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

Malaysia’s palm oil exports for June 1-10 are estimated to have risen 4.9% on month, according to cargo surveyor AmSpec Agri Malaysia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

In 1792 the surveyor Peter Fidler examined the plains of southern Alberta systematically, the first European to do so.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“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

But though Americans haven’t held back their complaints from surveyors, other signals point to a stretched but resilient consumer economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

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

The surveyors had covered a map with scores of figures, each marking an elevation at some point on or around the mountain.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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