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
The reaper herself is at the center of The Sandman‘s finale, an episode that chronicles the Endless sibling’s one day off every century.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
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
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
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaper
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There are farmers' markets all over the county offering everything from fruits and veggies to jams and maple syrup, and picturesque towns and villages like Fleischmanns, Walton, and Hobart provide scenic locales for strolling, shopping, and dining.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The first Dutch original film on Disney+, The Balloonist shows what happens when young chicken farmer Gaby's predictable life is upended by a hot air balloon crashing into her coop.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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Experimental buys, scouting missions and a handful of harvester prototypes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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As the researchers discovered, Iberian harvester queens’ eggs develop differently depending on whether the queen needs mates to produce future Iberian harvester ant queens, or a hybrid workforce that makes up 99% of the colony.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaper. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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