harvester

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Recent Examples of harvester Investigators believe the fire started when a combine harvester in an agricultural field sent up some sort of sparks and ignited hay bales. Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026 Aeschylus’s telling of the myth includes the detail that Prometheus has a role as a data harvester of sorts, armed with information that helps Zeus and the Titans come to power, but also information about Zeus’s eventual downfall. James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 Experimental buys, scouting missions and a handful of harvester prototypes. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 At some point, possibly as early as several million years ago, Iberian harvester ant queens lost the ability to produce their own worker ants, which are female. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025 Wild rice harvesting is open to all Wisconsin residents with a wild rice harvester license. Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Dreyer estimates initial versions of the harvester could run around $20 million. Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvester
Noun
  • Consult with local apple tree farmers or garden associations to find the best variety for your home.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The importance of hardiness zones lies in their ability to help gardeners and farmers choose plants that will thrive in their specific region.
    Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Breeder-educator James Loud brings yet another angle, centering on genetics literacy, breeder certification and transparent breeding practices that appeal to both hobbyists and more experienced cultivators.
    Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Amy Wessner, a Mountain View resident, bought fresh vegetables from Swank Farms, a cultivator from Hollister.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Over the past two years, farmers had issues selling their crops, leading growers to leave 100,000 tons of grapes to rot in the vineyards.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
  • State banks and warehouses would help growers stay in business.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Once cool weather has arrived to stay, grab your bulb planter or hand trowel and get these bulbs in the ground.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The colorful evergreen foliage provides a warm winter welcome in porch planters and brightens patio plantings all year long.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Jeffrey Viel drew back into the lineup on the fourth line with Sean Kuraly and Mikey Eyssimont while Alex Steeves, the former Toronto farmhand who was recalled from Providence, will see second-line duty with Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
  • By 1913, Indian farmhands, factory workers, loggers, and railroad men were beginning to organize in Washington, Oregon, and California.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The charity’s agronomists predict that one kit, properly tended, can yield up to two hundred pounds of produce in a single season, enough to supplement the diets of a family of four.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Piccini's team tackled this by staging hands-on workshops, pairing veteran agronomists with robotics engineers to co-develop protocols that honored both viticultural wisdom and technological best practices.
    Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Harvester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvester. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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