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as in harvests
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 earns
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 reaps
And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
Ronny Hartmann | Afp | Getty Images Rolls-Royce shares have hit fresh record highs every single trading day so far this year, as the aerospace and defense firm reaps benefits from multiple directions – from its exposure to defense, to its thriving power systems business and a wider FTSE 100 rally.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
Although everyone reaps the benefits of a more reliable grid, local landowners might not see those as sufficient to compensate for the impacts of the line, the commission says.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Oftentimes, corporate America reaps the benefits.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
The general staff reaps data from the point system, enabling it to make better decisions about strategy.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images My generation, Generation Z, reaps the pain of such division.
—Alex Rosado, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Nobody reaps glory from doing the unseen right thing.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
Ronny Hartmann | Afp | Getty Images Rolls-Royce shares have hit fresh record highs every single trading day so far this year, as the aerospace and defense firm reaps benefits from multiple directions – from its exposure to defense, to its thriving power systems business and a wider FTSE 100 rally.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
Although everyone reaps the benefits of a more reliable grid, local landowners might not see those as sufficient to compensate for the impacts of the line, the commission says.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Oftentimes, corporate America reaps the benefits.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
The general staff reaps data from the point system, enabling it to make better decisions about strategy.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images My generation, Generation Z, reaps the pain of such division.
—Alex Rosado, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Nobody reaps glory from doing the unseen right thing.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaps
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Sage Geosystems harvests heat from underground water reservoirs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Jan. 2026
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Passive atmospheric water generator MIT engineers invented a revolutionary passive device that harvests clean drinking water from desert air without electricity.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Crandon Park Beach Key Biscayne, Florida A two-mile stretch of soft white sand in Key Biscayne, family-friendly Crandon Park Beach consistently earns praise for its beauty and calm waters thanks to an offshore sandbar.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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The series is sprawling, politically thorny, ambitious storytelling that earns its many shades of grey.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Nnaji and picks for Jones might sound pretty nice to Denver fans, but basketball reasons aside, why would the Magic agree to that when its goal would also be to decrease payroll?—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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The three-team deal included the Chicago Bulls, who received veteran Dario Saric and future second-round draft picks from Sacramento and Cleveland.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The gospel singer has amassed 20 Grammy wins throughout his career, having won his first in 1996 for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album for his album Whatcha Lookin' 4.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the end of January, the person with the greatest distance wins the free food.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
30 Jan. 2026
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The summonses for Musk and Yaccarino and the search at the X office were related to an investigation launched in January 2025 over complaints about how X's algorithm recommends content to users and gathers data, the prosecutor's office said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Steve gathers with a number of us who swim in Coney Island about twice a week.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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That doesn’t factor in the attention Cade Cunningham garners from defenders, which should generate open looks for Huerter.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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As the advertising event of the year, the Super Bowl garners massive attention from both the media and the general public.—
Charles Taylor,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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And as analytics capabilities improve, old data gains new meaning.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even if a party besides the junta’s proxy party, the Union Solidarity & Development Party, gains a foothold in the election, the military is already guaranteed a quarter of the seats in both houses of parliament under the 2008 constitution.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
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With reactive Uranus stationing direct in your 5th House of Creativity, a passion project or date idea gets a jolt, inviting you to try something new on a whim.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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This gets pretty interesting with his RFA status.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Reaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaps. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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