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
Its temperature remains at -10C all year round, which is the temperature Peller sets for harvesting its ice wine grapes.
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Kalpana Fitzpatrick, TheWeek, 15 Apr. 2026
At the core of this diversity lies agriculture, which has for centuries defined the rhythm of life through the cycle of sowing and harvesting crops.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
There are likely between 20,000 and 50,000 species of mycorrhizal fungi, each with its own tricks for tapping into different plants and harvesting nutrients using enzymes, acids, and water-mining structures.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Add garlic to the garden for more than harvesting the delicious bulbs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Imagine harvesting fresh greens in January and bringing your pepper plants back to life each spring with a head start on the season.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
On both the Moon and Mars, astronauts could potentially obtain water by harvesting frozen ice reserves found in polar regions or buried beneath the surface.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in.
—Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Immigrants in the 1920s discovered the abalone and started harvesting them.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
Kalpana Fitzpatrick, TheWeek, 15 Apr. 2026
At the core of this diversity lies agriculture, which has for centuries defined the rhythm of life through the cycle of sowing and harvesting crops.
—Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
There are likely between 20,000 and 50,000 species of mycorrhizal fungi, each with its own tricks for tapping into different plants and harvesting nutrients using enzymes, acids, and water-mining structures.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Add garlic to the garden for more than harvesting the delicious bulbs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Imagine harvesting fresh greens in January and bringing your pepper plants back to life each spring with a head start on the season.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
On both the Moon and Mars, astronauts could potentially obtain water by harvesting frozen ice reserves found in polar regions or buried beneath the surface.
—Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in.
—Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
Immigrants in the 1920s discovered the abalone and started harvesting them.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvesting
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Israel has been hunting him and his comrades, picking them off by airstrike and drone, in surprise attacks that often kill civilians alongside them.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2026
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For a bouquet of two dozen daffodils each week of daffodil season, Shickasheen offers picking passes at $35 per person.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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The federal law sets out rules and procedures for gathering foreign intelligence through electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen registers and more.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Bhosle died on Sunday aged 92 after suffering a heart attack, and huge crowds are gathering ahead of a her funeral, which takes place this evening in Mumbai, India, at Shivaji Park.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Harvesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvesting. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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