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 Traditionally, tobacco was harvested by hand, hung in a log barn and cured to a golden-brown with a wood fire that had to be stoked day and night. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Lawsuit filed five years ago New Mexico's attorney general had sued Meta in 2021 following revelations that Cambridge Analytica had harvested personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users through a third-party app. — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026 The recall applies to shellshock oysters harvested from the Little Wicomico River or the Lower Little Wicomico River in Virginia, according to the recall notice. — Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 While some honey could be harvested for people, Schwartz said the beekeepers are leaving it with the colony. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 And while the species can’t legally be harvested anymore, they’re still occasionally swept up in gill nets and trawls, which could be contributing to their slow recovery. — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026 Zimmern, based in Minneosta, has experienced these differences firsthand, tasting oysters harvested just a few hundred yards apart that delivered dramatically different flavors. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Pecans are harvested in October and November, with Georgia being the largest producer, which is why these pies are on so many tables during Thanksgiving. — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Colossal researchers first harvested cells from a living gray wolf and made 20 edits to 14 genes, coding for the dire wolf’s white coat, larger size, more powerful jaws, cold weather metabolism, and more. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • The property later passed through several notable hands, including Creative Artists Agency (CAA) co-chairman Kevin Huvane and filmmaker Roberto Sneider, before Channing Tatum picked it up for $6 million in 2015, according to Variety.
    — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 preseason poll; the highest finish of the Schneider era was fifth place in 2021-22.
    — PJ Green October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • Researchers gathered data on students’ mental well-being before and after the intervention in March.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In Paris, hundreds of protesters gathered again on Sunday at the Place de la République amid a heavy police presence.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

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“Harvested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvested. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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