gleaning

present participle of glean

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleaning
Verb
  • Each affords particular outlets for decompressing and harvesting the stressors of high-capacity jobs.
    Essence, Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Soybean farmers in states like Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Indiana have been harvesting this fall without purchase orders from China, once the largest buyer of American soybeans.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fans refused to let the brand die quietly, turning a shuttered company into a social-media cause, gathering on a Facebook page titled Please Bring Back La Tiara Taco Shells.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Countries are gathering in Brazil at the COP30 summit to take stock of climate change.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Geerlings-Simons is hopeful, however, that Indigenous people who live in and rely on forests might serve as an example for how to manage natural resources while still reaping economic benefits.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That steady push of Ralph Lauren into the consumer consciousness is reaping other rewards and more exposure.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Thanks to the work of Joplin Cemetery Maintenance District Commissioner Sara Bell, that meant planting more than twice as many flags as cemetery administrators previously thought.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
  • But, as with most fruit trees, planting another cultivar nearby may increase production.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Gleaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleaning. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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