gleans

Definition of gleansnext
present tense third-person singular of glean

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Pew is an independent nongovernmental organization and public charity that gathers data on environmental conservation, public health, state and federal policy, and economic security.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Later, João gathers his team to go over safety guidelines and their importance.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Perhaps some enterprising Democrat or Republican will come along who exhibits more faith in our constitutional system, governs with the foresight that there are more elections to come than just the next one — and reaps the benefits.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Passive atmospheric water generator MIT engineers invented a revolutionary passive device that harvests clean drinking water from desert air without electricity.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Place hosta plants out at least 12 to 15 inches from the tree’s base, around the drip line where rain drips from the tree’s outermost leaves.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Altuve starts his hitting motion with a high lift of his front leg and then plants that foot closer to home plate.
    Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Gleans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleans. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.

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