reaper

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Recent Examples of reaper Any perennial outdoorsman can recount many experiences when the reaper’s scythe just missed him. Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025 Even the subsequent record-setting performance of Inside Out 2 this summer wasn’t enough to fend off the Mouse House reaper. David Bloom, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024 And the dictionary definition of a gleaner is somebody who picks up things after a reaper has gone through a field. Michael Calore Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024 Sliders and tenders can be ordered at seven heat levels – no spice, lite mild, mild, medium, hot, extra hot, and reaper. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reaper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaper
Noun
  • Once a livestock farmer, Ackerman pivoted the family land to pumpkins back in the ‘80s, after commodity prices crashed and a couple of droughts wreaked havoc on the industry.
    Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the food served will come from the papal estate’s farms while the rest will be brought in from local farmers who follow similar principles of sustainability and care for the environment, the priest said.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Interlune wants its harvester to dig up a hundred tons of regolith an hour.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Wild rice harvesting is open to all Wisconsin residents with a wild rice harvester license.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaper. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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