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as in harvested
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
my great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe
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as in earned
to receive as return for effort
if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist
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Recent Examples of reaped
The lone exceptions have been health care – an industry growing as a result of an aging population – and leisure and hospitality, which has reaped some of the spoils from an increasingly bifurcated economy.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Schools reaped more than half the total collections in recent years.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
But the team seems to have staved off the injury bug as long as possible, and has reaped those rewards.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Pakin Songmor/Getty Images With Federal Reserve rates remaining mostly stable until recent months, savers largely reaped the benefits of high returns on their money, including with certificates of deposit (CD) accounts.
—Courtney Mikulski, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The Sharks haven’t reaped much reward for trading Blackwood, at least not yet, as the underperforming Georgiev and Kovalenko are now back in Russia.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Facial skin care reaped rewards from e-commerce, while body care and sun care did well across channels.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
The civil complaint says Ansary, through Parman, reaped the full benefit of investment in which ENNIA had actually contributed more capital.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Beyond the Padres steering the 5-3 lead to the Game 2 victory, Bevacqua reaped other lifetime rewards from his three-run swing.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Schools reaped more than half the total collections in recent years.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
But the team seems to have staved off the injury bug as long as possible, and has reaped those rewards.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Pakin Songmor/Getty Images With Federal Reserve rates remaining mostly stable until recent months, savers largely reaped the benefits of high returns on their money, including with certificates of deposit (CD) accounts.
—Courtney Mikulski, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The Sharks haven’t reaped much reward for trading Blackwood, at least not yet, as the underperforming Georgiev and Kovalenko are now back in Russia.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
Facial skin care reaped rewards from e-commerce, while body care and sun care did well across channels.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
The civil complaint says Ansary, through Parman, reaped the full benefit of investment in which ENNIA had actually contributed more capital.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Beyond the Padres steering the 5-3 lead to the Game 2 victory, Bevacqua reaped other lifetime rewards from his three-run swing.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaped
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Montage International launched its private collection of Montage Estate wine in December, featuring three varietals harvested at Montage Healdsburg in partnership with Aperture Cellars.—
Nina Ruggiero,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
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Federal officials say Americans can expect to see even more muscular immigration enforcement in the coming months, with over 10,000 new ICE agents hitting the streets, armed with personal data harvested by private contractors.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Snow is also coming off of a performance in Netflix's The Beast in Me, which earned a Golden Globes nod in the Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television category, as well as two other nominations for performances by leads Matthew Rhys and Claire Danes.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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On the television side, popular shows like The Pitt, and The Studio won big at the Golden Globes, with Noah Wyle winning for his dramatic performance in the medical series, while Seth Rogen earned a Globe for his work in the streaming comedy.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Lewis and Pete Prisco at CBS Sports both picked New England in close games.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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If only a few in number, they can be hand-picked from the plants and destroyed.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Hurricanes are a plus-3 in the playoffs (five gained, two lost) and plus-12 on the season (25 gained, 13 lost), while Ole Miss is plus-2 in playoffs (four gained, two lost) and even on the season (14 gained, 14 lost).—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Thus, over time, Williams gained appreciation for Johnson’s motives, for his communication style, most of all for his consistency.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Bruins won for the fifth time in six games despite going 0 for 6 on the power play a day after beating the Rangers 10-2.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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One Battle After Another led the show's nominations with nine in total, including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and nods for his costars Chase Infiniti, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor, who won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The anthology series, which has garnered accolades at the New York Festivals Radio Awards and the Irish Podcast Awards, was brought to the stage with a live show at the London Podcast Festival in 2022 and a second live show in Dublin in 2023.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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That clip, which garnered more than a million views in 24 hours and has 9 million-plus views in total, turned my 82-year-old mother into a viral sensation.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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The findings suggest that the ice is 20 and 23 km deep at the north-pole with an average of 25 to 28 km globally – slightly deeper than previous estimates obtained using other remote sensing and modeling techniques, as per the release.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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Images obtained by local media show firefighters extinguishing massive flames, and photos of the aftermath show the factory's siding completely burned, leaving the interior of the building exposed.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Recently, researchers have made a major leap forward by engineering a novel cathode material that dramatically elevates performance, bringing us closer to practical, high-efficiency thermal energy systems.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Joonas Korpisalo made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season and the eighth of his career, Viktor Arvidsson scored and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 on Sunday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Reaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaped. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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