gleans

present tense third-person singular of glean

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleans
Verb
  • Waze, also owned by Google, gathers anonymized driving data to enhance community reporting.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Whatever the state gathers—whether the innocuous, the personal, or the intensely political—could in turn be used for arrests, detentions, fines, disappearances, and much worse.
    Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The general staff reaps data from the point system, enabling it to make better decisions about strategy.
    Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The victor reaps hard-to-come-by rewards in an unwelcoming, militarized land.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The novel solution is a compact, top-like device that harvests kinetic energy from waves and vessel movements.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Volunteers are needed to help Senior Gleaners of San Diego County, a volunteer group that harvests surplus fruit and vegetables from gardens and fields to donate to local nonprofits helping people in need.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to Holmes, plants native to your region are important because they’re adapted to your local climate and conditions.
    Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Plants growing in sandy soils may require more frequent irrigation, as will plants growing under intense sunlight.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Gleans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleans. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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