gleaner

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleaner
Noun
  • There’s a chef’s garden on site, and the club is not only contracting with local farmers but is in discussions to raise its own cattle just off property to source its meat.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • And even if California farmers started planting more olive trees this year, those trees wouldn't start producing olives for several years.
    Maria Aspan, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.
    Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
Noun
  • Any perennial outdoorsman can recount many experiences when the reaper’s scythe just missed him.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
  • The company is still keen to win more sliced and shredded consumers, and has new flavors like Carolina reaper and zesty ranch in store for next year.
    Brooks Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
  • One of the most egregious examples resulted in the closure of Denver cultivator The Training Fields in 2022.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In photographs from Hemingway’s time, the most striking thing is how empty the route looks, with only a few dozen young farmhands scattering ahead of the bulls’ horns.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
  • Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Still, most planters report good harvests from Better Boy, Big Beef, Champion, Celebrity and Mountain Merit.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Now there’s planters outside the front of our house, on our patio, and on our roof.
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Gleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleaner. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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