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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 harvests
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026
Storms, droughts and other natural disasters can affect harvests, lowering supply.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
In Mexico and later in Asia and Latin America, harvests increased sharply.
—Kate Levasseur, Des Moines Register, 29 Mar. 2026
Remove cool season crops completing their harvests and add the seeded crops.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
Spring coincides with the peak of the Central Valley growing season, when farmers markets fill with strawberries, asparagus, and other early harvests that quickly show up on restaurant menus.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
Steep declines in timber harvests, meant to save Oregon’s last ancient forests, ripped open an urban-rural divide that still festers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Corn prices remain much lower than 2022’s peak of roughly $348 per ton because of big harvests and lower demand.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
These new tools increased harvests and dramatically reduced the risk of famine.
—The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
The Chesapeake Bay region is one of the nation's most important oyster-producing areas, with more than 12 billion oysters in Maryland waters alone and harvests generating millions in revenue, according to state and federal data.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Passive atmospheric water generator MIT engineers invented a revolutionary passive device that harvests clean drinking water from desert air without electricity.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
In addition, Wynn harvests its own herd of American Wagyu from Grazing Star Farms and breaks down primals in its in-house butcher shop.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2025
Fourth-generation farmer Charles Stoecker harvests kale on land his family rents from Leslie Alfred White.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Volunteers are needed to help Senior Gleaners of San Diego County, a volunteer group that harvests surplus fruit and vegetables from gardens and fields to donate to local nonprofits helping people in need.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Funga harvests fungal spores from a healthy forest and transplants them to a commercial tree nursery, mixes them with water, and applies them directly to saplings in an aqueous solution within a single day or two of harvest.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
The herb limits the growth of nearby cucumber vines and reduces harvests, too.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026
Storms, droughts and other natural disasters can affect harvests, lowering supply.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
In Mexico and later in Asia and Latin America, harvests increased sharply.
—Kate Levasseur, Des Moines Register, 29 Mar. 2026
Remove cool season crops completing their harvests and add the seeded crops.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
Spring coincides with the peak of the Central Valley growing season, when farmers markets fill with strawberries, asparagus, and other early harvests that quickly show up on restaurant menus.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
Steep declines in timber harvests, meant to save Oregon’s last ancient forests, ripped open an urban-rural divide that still festers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Corn prices remain much lower than 2022’s peak of roughly $348 per ton because of big harvests and lower demand.
—Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
These new tools increased harvests and dramatically reduced the risk of famine.
—The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Whiteley Estate also harvests rainwater, which is reused in both guest bathrooms and public areas, and runs on an energy monitoring system that analyses the use of electricity, heating, water and gas to optimize how and when it’s used.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
The Chesapeake Bay region is one of the nation's most important oyster-producing areas, with more than 12 billion oysters in Maryland waters alone and harvests generating millions in revenue, according to state and federal data.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Passive atmospheric water generator MIT engineers invented a revolutionary passive device that harvests clean drinking water from desert air without electricity.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
In addition, Wynn harvests its own herd of American Wagyu from Grazing Star Farms and breaks down primals in its in-house butcher shop.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2025
Fourth-generation farmer Charles Stoecker harvests kale on land his family rents from Leslie Alfred White.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
Volunteers are needed to help Senior Gleaners of San Diego County, a volunteer group that harvests surplus fruit and vegetables from gardens and fields to donate to local nonprofits helping people in need.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Funga harvests fungal spores from a healthy forest and transplants them to a commercial tree nursery, mixes them with water, and applies them directly to saplings in an aqueous solution within a single day or two of harvest.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvests
Noun
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While most crops are available during the summer, Ward's offers pick-your-own services for two spring flowers – daffodils in mid-April through early May and tulips in late April through mid-May.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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In rural Lowell at the south end of the region, farmers were getting ready recently to plant crops.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But that level of success is typically designated for a team that owns seven or eight draft picks a year.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Each month JPMorgan updates its top stock picks across growth, value, income and short investment strategies.—
Itzel Franco,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The basin gathers into shallow wetlands where movement returns to the landscape.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Eight football fields could fit inside its cavernous interior, where fog sometimes gathers near its 198-ft (60-m) high ceiling.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Fire up the replay and start the clock as soon as the goalie fishes the puck out of the net.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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