as in farmer
a person or machine that cuts and collects crops
hired reapers to pick the harvest
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Recent Examples of reaper
It was built for Edward Tyler Blair and Ruby McCormick Blair; he a hardware mogul and writer, she the niece of Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical reaper.
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Check out more fan-favorites like a seven-foot-tall Frankenstein’s monster, a 10-foot reaper, and a giant spider.
—Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Check out more fan-favorites like a seven-foot-tall Frankenstein’s monster, a 10-foot reaper, and a giant spider.
—Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaper
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Some white farmers have indeed been killed, often during brutal armed robberies, but those cases account for less than one per cent of the country’s annual murder rate.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Many American farmers rely on fertilizer moving by barge up the Mississippi River ahead of the planting season, limiting their ability to defer purchases.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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Researchers say the process turns the material into a kind of solid-state water harvester that works using only sunlight, without the need for external power sources or complex machinery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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The second prize of 10,000 euros went to Niklas Henning from the Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, for his peat harvester.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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“Reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaper. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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