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
Cold-hardy leafy vegetables tolerate frost but should not be harvested in a frozen state.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
The eastern Shasta County forest where this year’s tree was harvested Tuesday is one of 15 state forests operated by Cal Fire.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Each crop is harvested at its peak, immediately cooled to preserve its natural flavor and nutrients, and transported to one of Taylor Farms’ advanced processing facilities.
—William Jones, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Potatoes don't have to be harvested all at once.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Though cocoa futures plummeted 46% so far this year, customers are seeing the higher prices now because producers are making chocolate out of those pricey beans harvested in 2024, along with tariffs and inflation costs.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
This is peak pumpkin season, with most of the American pumpkin crop harvested in October.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Sugar snap peas are hybrids between the other two types and are harvested just after the peas inside the pods begin to swell.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, the team announced the creation of a new way to evaluate the performance of photoactive materials for semi-transparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs), which could transform how energy is harvested through everyday surfaces like windows, screens, and facades.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
The eastern Shasta County forest where this year’s tree was harvested Tuesday is one of 15 state forests operated by Cal Fire.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Each crop is harvested at its peak, immediately cooled to preserve its natural flavor and nutrients, and transported to one of Taylor Farms’ advanced processing facilities.
—William Jones, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Potatoes don't have to be harvested all at once.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Though cocoa futures plummeted 46% so far this year, customers are seeing the higher prices now because producers are making chocolate out of those pricey beans harvested in 2024, along with tariffs and inflation costs.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
This is peak pumpkin season, with most of the American pumpkin crop harvested in October.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Sugar snap peas are hybrids between the other two types and are harvested just after the peas inside the pods begin to swell.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
On Wednesday, the team announced the creation of a new way to evaluate the performance of photoactive materials for semi-transparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs), which could transform how energy is harvested through everyday surfaces like windows, screens, and facades.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvested
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First-timers Zhang Hongzhang, 39, and Wu Fei, 32 - China’s youngest astronaut to be sent to space - were picked to participate in the program in 2020.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
1 Nov. 2025
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Parris picked Miami over the likes of Auburn, Oregon and Oklahoma.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Other big stories ➤ More than 350 residents from Marana and surrounding southern Arizona communities gathered to criticize Management and Training Corporation's refusal to communicate on whether a shuttered state prison will return as an ICE detention center.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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In response to the deployment, several hundred protesters gathered outside the base.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Harvested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvested. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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