harvested

past tense of harvest
as in picked
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 harvested Those not worth fixing are harvested for parts and then recycled. Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026 Yet, there’s more to be explored behind the bar as the resort also crafts its own gin, Gin del Drago, produced from Italian juniper harvested directly from the surrounding forest. Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Coneflowers stop blooming after the first hard frost, and they can still be harvested then as long as the cone holding the seeds is hard and dry, not wet or mushy. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026 The breakfast menu at Southall Farm & Inn depends on what’s being harvested that day. Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 3 Aug. 2026 However, once the birds were established in urban areas, exposure to hunting greatly decreased and they were not harvested at the same rates as rural geese, since hunting is not allowed in urban areas. Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 As if something earthier and stronger had been harvested in the fields with all those valuable grapes. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Given how easily they are raised and harvested with fewer resources than are needed for more traditional livestock, insects present an effective way to combat climate change. Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 When to Harvest Rosemary Rosemary can be harvested year-round in mild climates. Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026
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  • The mercury telluride colloidal quantum dots the Chinese team picked for their device behave differently.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • To help those contemplating a foreign move get started, Forbes has picked 96 attractive retirement locales across 24 different countries on five continents.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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  • The intervention on Thursday and Friday came as the Bank of Japan board gathered to set monetary policy.
    Mia Glass, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • As the official automotive sponsor of Stateside, Scout anchored its own corner of Stateside — starting with the Scout Stage — where a steady stream of emerging artists kept festival-goers gathered throughout the day.
    Lori Majewski, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026

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“Harvested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvested. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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