glean

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Recent Examples of glean By the conversation’s end, audience members were able glean clear takeaways, namely that ownership, infrastructure, and intentional collaboration are key to bridging the unspoken gaps. Essence, 23 Sep. 2025 How much can the Aztecs glean from that game? Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025 What the researchers glean over the next months could have global implications. Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025 The production meetings, in particular, are an area where Brady can glean information regarding other teams’ personnel and game plans. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glean
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Verb
  • Just three minutes later, Schneider’s shot-on-goal was deflected by a Canton defender toward the strong-side post, which Handwerk gathered and finished off for the insurance goal.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • About two dozen people gathered at the town council meeting on October 16 to voice concern and distress about drinking, bathing in or washing their clothes in the yellow, brown water as the public comment period stretched over an hour.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Grays were generally intellectual tech elites who would reap the fruits of technological progress.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Outside of the Kendrick of it all, two of hip-hop’s leading ladies are also likely to reap bids in this category.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hunters in alligator management zone 1 in southwest Arkansas checked 69 alligators, and hunters in south-central Arkansas, zone 2, harvested four.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That’s why the space agency targets the lunar south pole, aiming to harvest water ice for breathable oxygen, fuel, and drinking water.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • The incident occurred on Sunday when the unnamed hikers encountered a grizzly sow with her two cubs on Farm Cabin Trail near Pass Lake in British Columbia, Canada, according to a statement from the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service (COS).
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The film offers a child-psychology tip for fiercely independent kids (like Beesha) about learning to accept help from others, plus some none-too-subtle critiques of lying leaders who sow division.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Glean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glean. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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