GLEAN Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

glean

verb

Definition of glean

as in to gather

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Recent Examples of glean The rules of how the sisters’ magic works are hard to glean, which undercuts the stakes. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 But, other than the fact that Kalieb Osborne is a superior athlete at the QB position and the team is well-equipped with playmakers, there wasn’t much to glean from a performance that lacked any sort of challenge. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2026 Another positive to glean, however, was in seeing who had those hits. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 There are no recordings from the time, of course, so we're left to try and glean information from contemporary journals, letters and diaries, said Esteban Touma, a linguistics expert with Babbel, the online language learning platform. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for glean

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In Paris, hundreds of protesters gathered again on Sunday at the Place de la République amid a heavy police presence.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Hundreds had gathered at the arena for a festival celebrating horse racing and Mexican culture.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of gather

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Investors sent chip stocks soaring this year on expectations for a massive AI buildout and a shortage of chips that would allow the companies to reap enormous profits.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Hopefully, Miami can begin to reap the benefits from the lumps that the trio of defensive linemen — Grant, Phillips and Biggers — received during their up-and-down rookie campaigns in 2025.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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This year’s grape harvest was one of the earliest in decades for some regions, with significantly less tonnage harvested following weather events in the spring that led to smaller grape clusters.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Photograph by Faiz Abu Rmeleh / Getty On Friday, a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers who were harvesting olives in the West Bank.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of harvest

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Biggs, the Republican nominee to lead the state, accuses the Democratic incumbent of sowing unnecessary alarm.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
And although the lack of communication between the family and the foundation has sowed its fair share of discord, the situation is a bit thornier than that.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026

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