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 The cork is harvested from the cork forests in Portugal, where Amorim’s corporate headquarters are located. Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Edible okra is usually harvested when the pods are about 3 inches long. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025 Most Himalayan salt is harvested from a mine in Pakistan, and though salt water is much the same around the world, sea salt may contain some minerals present in its original water source. Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025 Nolan speculated that, maybe, sufficient energy could be harvested from space-time itself, using the zero-point field and quantum tunnelling. Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025 Alamitos Vineyards in San Jose already harvested their estate sauvignon blanc, and next up is pinot noir, chardonnay and albariño, followed by Napa cabernet and their estate Syrah and Touriga Nacional. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025 Officials don't recommend consuming any meat from animals that are visibly sick, but healthy deer harvested from areas where EHD has been present are still safe to eat, the DNR says. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025 One of the places that is most evident is in the fields where food is grown and harvested, researchers and advocates say. Kate Rogers, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025 Within a few days, the flowers should turn completely brown, at which point the seeds are ready to be harvested. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • The final play of the third quarter was a run play by Burleson and a fumble happened and Seguin picked it up.
    Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Schwarber couldn't have picked a better year to hit 50 home runs for the first time (with three weeks to spare).
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Young adults like all those who gathered to see Kirk on that sunny day.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Harvested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvested. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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