as in picking
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
harvest salmon from nearby rivers every year we harvest corn from our own garden
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Recent Examples of harvesting
Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in.
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Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Immigrants in the 1920s discovered the abalone and started harvesting them.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
Or take a day trip to a palenque outside the city to meet mezcaleros (master distillers) and learn about the process, from harvesting the agave to distillation.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
Starting Seeds Indoors Start a peach tree indoors by harvesting the seeds located inside the pit.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
On this day, the volunteers will visit six sites, harvesting oranges and lemons.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The Register has revealed that several data brokers are harvesting and selling deeply personal conversations with AI chatbots, despite claiming those conversations are anonymized and collected with consent.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
What’s more, cities across China such as Beijing, Wuhan, and Shanghai are opening training sites for acclimating robots to various settings (including environments that mimic a retail outlet, an elderly care facility, and a smart home) and harvesting standardized data.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Focused on the high-value goal of harvesting Helium-3 for quantum computing and fusion energy, Interlune is developing industrial-scale technology for resource extraction.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Immigrants in the 1920s discovered the abalone and started harvesting them.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
Or take a day trip to a palenque outside the city to meet mezcaleros (master distillers) and learn about the process, from harvesting the agave to distillation.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
Starting Seeds Indoors Start a peach tree indoors by harvesting the seeds located inside the pit.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 Mar. 2026
On this day, the volunteers will visit six sites, harvesting oranges and lemons.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The Register has revealed that several data brokers are harvesting and selling deeply personal conversations with AI chatbots, despite claiming those conversations are anonymized and collected with consent.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
What’s more, cities across China such as Beijing, Wuhan, and Shanghai are opening training sites for acclimating robots to various settings (including environments that mimic a retail outlet, an elderly care facility, and a smart home) and harvesting standardized data.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Focused on the high-value goal of harvesting Helium-3 for quantum computing and fusion energy, Interlune is developing industrial-scale technology for resource extraction.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvesting
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The 6-foot-1 guard followed up his 36-point night against the Hawks by picking the Hornets apart with paint jumpers, going 8-for-10 in the paint with just one shot inside the restricted area.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Even if the Broncos trust Dobbins to become durable, picking his successor is logical.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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The aircraft was built to fly above 70,000 feet, beyond the reach of enemy defenses, gathering intelligence in all conditions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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What began as a Reddit post of two chess players searching for people and a place to play quickly snowballed into what San Diego Chess & Social is now, a gathering space for games of all kinds.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Harvesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvesting. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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