harvester

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Recent Examples of harvester The final scene shows Kaleb driving a combine harvester, and radioing Clarkson to tell him that his partner, Taya, has gone into labor with his third child. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026 The harvester must have harvested oysters during the 2025-26 season, with proof in harvest reports. Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 18 May 2026 Giant African harvester ants are popular in China, Vietnam, Belgium, France and the United Kingdom. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Researchers say the process turns the material into a kind of solid-state water harvester that works using only sunlight, without the need for external power sources or complex machinery. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026 The second prize of 10,000 euros went to Niklas Henning from the Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, for his peat harvester. Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 11 May 2026 Eating harvester ants began as a feeding specialization, not a defense. Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026 The complete license would cost $150 and include a base hunting license, two deer licenses, one antlerless deer license, an all-species fishing license, a spring and fall wild turkey hunting license, a waterfowl hunting license, a pheasant hunting license, and a fur harvester's license. Paul Egan, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026 An organic farmer might use a tractor, a harvester, or a milking machine but avoid harmful fertilizers, pest controls, or animal growth hormones. Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvester
Noun
  • Under the Biden administration, federal taxpayers paid farmers billions of dollars to stop planting crops, but that's considered a short-term solution too expensive to maintain indefinitely.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • About two weeks ago, a farmer in northern Missouri posted a video on Facebook about the railroad crossing where the Amtrak train derailed Monday, killing three and injuring dozens.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • But the reaper kept knocking at Jamon’s door, and winking at his son.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • The combine/reaping machine cutting mechanism (1833) American inventor Obed Hussey patented one of the earliest practical mechanical reapers in 1833.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The country is a top cultivator and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes (Mexico, China, Canada, the United States and Spain are the other power-green houses in this space, with an annual market of ~$10B growing to ~$16B by 2030).
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Tabar Gifford is a master gardener and partnership cultivator at American Meadows and High Country Gardens.
    Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • What the growers’ side is arguing Natalie Collins, president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers, framed the labeling change as a competitive fairness issue.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • The same fragility that makes farming difficult (salmon-bearing streams, redwood forest, narrow soils prone to erosion) also enforces a light touch, and growers in the valley have embraced that requirement.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • More traditionally, Boötes is a herdsman or a plowman.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 8 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Amateur gardeners should definitely take advantage of this under-$30 gardening tool set and this stone planter from Creative Co-Op.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
  • There’s no better time to pretty up your porch than the dead of summer, and this planter, combined with the season’s ample sunshine, warm temps, and the shrub or flowers of your choosing.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The voice that had so startled me belonged to our farmhand, Heisuke, a loyal but rather slow-witted man.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Case details Brewer, a farmhand, was convicted in the 1990 murder of an Amarillo flooring company owner.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Her team includes artists, a part-time agronomist, and amateur gardeners.
    Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
  • Heirloom carrots, artichokes, cauliflower, and other plants (many cultivated by an in-house agronomist) are transformed into gorgeous dishes designed to reveal the essence of each ingredient.
    Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026

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“Harvester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvester. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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