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
Follow-on attacks are likely to occur in the highly feasible event that credentials were successfully harvested from machines that opened the packages in one of the affected AI agents.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
That includes marine species—such as sea cucumbers, seahorses and shark fins, which are illegally harvested and sold for possible medicinal uses or as food.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 June 2026
The centerpiece is the massive ice sculptures built specifically for the event — full-scale buildings, castles and figures carved from blocks of ice harvested from the Songhua River.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
For sake production, Isbell primarily grows the 100 year-old Yamada Nishiki variety, which is typically harvested at the same time as traditional strains of rice in Arkansas -- so between late August to mid-October, based on conditions.
—John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2026
They’re often harvested in the morning and served that same evening, says Pete Murdaca, restaurateur and owner of Pietro’s and the upcoming Jimmy’s.
—Ligaya Malones, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Plants can be harvested in the fall.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
An edible garden by landscape designer Lily Kwong offers overseas travelers an introduction to local plants, like the butterfly pea flower, which is commonly used in Peranakan cuisine, and fragrant pandan, which is harvested for use in some of the hotel’s food and drinks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Global spending on agentic AI is growing exponentially, and the low-hanging use cases are largely harvested by now.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
That includes marine species—such as sea cucumbers, seahorses and shark fins, which are illegally harvested and sold for possible medicinal uses or as food.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 June 2026
The centerpiece is the massive ice sculptures built specifically for the event — full-scale buildings, castles and figures carved from blocks of ice harvested from the Songhua River.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
For sake production, Isbell primarily grows the 100 year-old Yamada Nishiki variety, which is typically harvested at the same time as traditional strains of rice in Arkansas -- so between late August to mid-October, based on conditions.
—John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2026
They’re often harvested in the morning and served that same evening, says Pete Murdaca, restaurateur and owner of Pietro’s and the upcoming Jimmy’s.
—Ligaya Malones, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Plants can be harvested in the fall.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
An edible garden by landscape designer Lily Kwong offers overseas travelers an introduction to local plants, like the butterfly pea flower, which is commonly used in Peranakan cuisine, and fragrant pandan, which is harvested for use in some of the hotel’s food and drinks.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
Global spending on agentic AI is growing exponentially, and the low-hanging use cases are largely harvested by now.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvested
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But the bullpen picked him up with five scoreless innings until Bradgley Rodriguez buckled in the 10th inning and Matsui did the same in the 11th.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Investments continued to pour in, and the development boom that had taken hold in the ’90s picked right back up again.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
10 June 2026
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As national movements for racial justice gathered momentum a decade ago, students on campuses were also becoming more aware and outspoken about racial harms.—
Ingrid A. Nelson,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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“Harvested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvested. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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