as in picking
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 harvesting
Each affords particular outlets for decompressing and harvesting the stressors of high-capacity jobs.
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Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Soybean farmers in states like Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Indiana have been harvesting this fall without purchase orders from China, once the largest buyer of American soybeans.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
As a source of livelihood, Resh Lakish raised crocus plants for saffron, harvesting their flowers’ stigmas that constitute the spice.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
All 50 states produce some pumpkins, with Illinois harvesting the most.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
As temperatures begin to cool, your gardening to-do list may include harvesting herbs that won’t survive impending freezing weather.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
When harvesting the nuts, pickers should wear gloves to protect their hands from the walnuts' juice, which will stain hands.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The race to dominate the humanoid robotics market is as much about harvesting 3D data as finessing the nuts and bolts.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Some focus on fishing in the ocean or among the mangroves, others on herding zebu cattle, and still others on harvesting resources from the forest.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Soybean farmers in states like Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Indiana have been harvesting this fall without purchase orders from China, once the largest buyer of American soybeans.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
As a source of livelihood, Resh Lakish raised crocus plants for saffron, harvesting their flowers’ stigmas that constitute the spice.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
All 50 states produce some pumpkins, with Illinois harvesting the most.
—Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
As temperatures begin to cool, your gardening to-do list may include harvesting herbs that won’t survive impending freezing weather.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
When harvesting the nuts, pickers should wear gloves to protect their hands from the walnuts' juice, which will stain hands.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The race to dominate the humanoid robotics market is as much about harvesting 3D data as finessing the nuts and bolts.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Some focus on fishing in the ocean or among the mangroves, others on herding zebu cattle, and still others on harvesting resources from the forest.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvesting
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Trump did get the jitters, but responded, as The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait noted, not by caving on health care but by ranting about the filibuster, ultimately picking a different way of doubling down.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Kellenberger pivoted, hiking north until the winter weather hit, and picking back up in March 2025.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Fans refused to let the brand die quietly, turning a shuttered company into a social-media cause, gathering on a Facebook page titled Please Bring Back La Tiara Taco Shells.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
11 Nov. 2025
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Countries are gathering in Brazil at the COP30 summit to take stock of climate change.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Harvesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvesting. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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