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surveyor

[ser-vay-er] / sərˈveɪ ər /


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Data from cargo surveyor AmSpec Agri Malaysia estimated that Malaysia’s palm oil exports during the Sept. 1-10 period fell 17% on month, indicating weaker demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

A surveyor working for Luke's housing association, Clarion, found wet insulation inside a wall and further inspections identified elevated moisture levels.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Over the next three months, Roman will deploy its antenna, adjust its course, and power on its two instruments: JPL’s planet hunter and a night-sky surveyor called the Wide Field Instrument.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

In essence, that could mean AI is less like a self-checkout machine, which automates away the need for cashiers, and more like a laser level that helps a surveyor make accurate measurements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

With little formal schooling, Washington became a surveyor in his teens, measuring and mapping Virginia’s enormous, unsettled wilderness.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

“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

In 2024, Michigan moved to conducting its surveys via the web, rather than via cellphone—a response to the ongoing problem surveyors face in reaching people by phone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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

Using light traps, surveyors had been looking for the limnephilus taricus species of caddisfly, but instead found the limnephilus patis, which is even rarer.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

Some engineers told him the house had been built by one of the old surveyors, like Lewis and Clark, who had explored and mapped the American wilderness.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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