as in to pick
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
harvest salmon from nearby rivers every year we harvest corn from our own garden
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Recent Examples of harvest
John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
Planting sunflowers with zucchini can boost pollination rates and result in a larger harvest.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2026
Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
These minerals, rather, are harvested from land sources.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 15 May 2026
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Noun
Subsistence fishing was essentially what I was caught up in during college, and the spring spawn was supposed to be my bountiful harvest.
—John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
Planting sunflowers with zucchini can boost pollination rates and result in a larger harvest.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2026
Verb
Similar allegations from former detainees have fueled longstanding accusations by activists and researchers that Chinese authorities harvested organs from prisoners of conscience, claims Beijing has repeatedly denied.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
These minerals, rather, are harvested from land sources.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvest
Noun
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For the Steelers, who were underwhelmed by the 2025 quarterback draft class, Rodgers provided a potential bridge to what was supposed to be a much stronger 2026 crop of QBs.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Combined with soaring transport and fuel costs, which are essential for everything from running pumps and irrigation to harvesting rice and getting it to market, farmers may not be able to afford to plant the next season’s crop.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The attorney general will pick who disburses money from the fund and the president can remove any of those people, according to the DOJ.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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This is as important, and as boring, in theory, as picking a fund for your 401(k), yet, improbably, the draft has become one of the largest events on the sporting calendar.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Save Girls’ Sports activists gathered outside Yorba Linda High School in protest, which OutKick documented firsthand through conversations with parents and attendees at the meet.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Before the team’s departure, the staff gathered for a final walk-through.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Guests are encouraged to roam the land by golf cart or on foot, visit the biodynamic vegetable garden, fish the Flint River, and connect with the ranch’s horses.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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Family said Hernandez had set out that morning to fish near the rocks where he was found.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Doing so will ensure that students don’t just reap the short-term benefits of another academic metric in the college admissions process, but also a potential contribution to their college course requirements, as well.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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These four firms have reaped enormous profits at the expense of Texas cattle ranchers and consumers nationwide.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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“Harvest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvest. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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