GLEANING Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

gleaning

verb

present participle of glean

as in harvesting

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Right now the priority is harvesting those most-vulnerable crops, such as tender salad greens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
That rings especially true in the garden, where hands have dug through the earth for centuries, harvesting vegetables and plucking beautiful blossoms.

— Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 7 July 2026

Definition of harvesting

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By that point, for a variety of reasons, the culture of spas as gathering places in the summer was on the wane, and many spa towns had to reinvent themselves.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026
While one team spent 12 hours gathering information on potential victims in the area, the other worked actively on-site.

— Ella Moore July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

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Like Fox Sports, which is reaping NFL-level audiences for its World Cup coverage, the matches command a demographically diverse and multi-generational audience.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 July 2026
The South Korean chipmaker is the latest to ride a frenzy of investor interest in firms perceived as reaping big gains from the AI revolution that has spawned hundreds of billions of dollars in capital spending.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 July 2026

Definition of reaping

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As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Daugherty recommends planting various evergreens to provide food and shelter for birds over the winter.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 5 July 2026

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