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
Renaud Tixier’s movement is a highly innovative micro-rotor movement that features an inertia wheel within the micro-rotor and a ‘dancer’ spring, orchestrated to optimize winding by harvesting even the smallest motion.
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Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Add garlic to the garden for more than harvesting the delicious bulbs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Late summer to early fall is a time for harvesting corn in much of the United States.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Youth split up into groups and fan out to the different gardens, weeding, watering, planting and harvesting the vegetables.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some Michigan cider mills are already open, harvesting their apples and making the refreshing drink, and selling a variety of sweet baked goods.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
And in 2018, federal agents raided Sunset Mesa funeral home in Montrose where a mother and daughter team were harvesting and selling body parts without knowledge or consent of the families.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
After harvesting canes from the university’s research vineyard, the scientists dried and ground them before extracting the cellulosic residue.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
The process of creating my secretome began with harvesting my hair follicles at Dripology in Santa Monica back in 2023.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Add garlic to the garden for more than harvesting the delicious bulbs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Late summer to early fall is a time for harvesting corn in much of the United States.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Youth split up into groups and fan out to the different gardens, weeding, watering, planting and harvesting the vegetables.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some Michigan cider mills are already open, harvesting their apples and making the refreshing drink, and selling a variety of sweet baked goods.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
And in 2018, federal agents raided Sunset Mesa funeral home in Montrose where a mother and daughter team were harvesting and selling body parts without knowledge or consent of the families.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
After harvesting canes from the university’s research vineyard, the scientists dried and ground them before extracting the cellulosic residue.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
The process of creating my secretome began with harvesting my hair follicles at Dripology in Santa Monica back in 2023.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvesting
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Both are solid options in their own ways, and picking one would no doubt harm the other.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Protestors were seen gathering at the port in Tunis following the incident.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Start gathering references now, including supervisors from your internships who can speak to your work quality and potential.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Harvesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvesting. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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