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
Even the subsequent record-setting performance of Inside Out 2 this summer wasn’t enough to fend off the Mouse House reaper.
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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
Grim setting, no reaper By the end of summer, they will be gone and death row will no longer exist.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The Houthis shot down a U.S. MQ-9 reaper drone over the Red Sea earlier this month as well.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2023
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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
Grim setting, no reaper By the end of summer, they will be gone and death row will no longer exist.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The Houthis shot down a U.S. MQ-9 reaper drone over the Red Sea earlier this month as well.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaper
farmer
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There’s a chef’s garden on site, and the club is not only contracting with local farmers but is in discussions to raise its own cattle just off property to source its meat.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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And even if California farmers started planting more olive trees this year, those trees wouldn't start producing olives for several years.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaper. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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