GLEANS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

gleans

verb

present tense third-person singular of glean

as in gathers

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An agent that gathers records or checks for required information may operate with limited intervention.

— Heather Bassett, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
When a storm, usually fed by unusually warm water, suddenly gathers a lot of strength, sustaining winds that increase in speed by at least 35 mph (56 kph) in 24 hours, it is called rapid intensification.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of gathers

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When customers can see their own input shaping the brand in real time, the company reaps the benefit.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Opponents also rallied around the fact that Iceland already reaps benefits from being in the EU’s frictionless single market and the Schengen free-travel zone without the sovereignty compromises that come with full membership.

— Kwiyeon Ha, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

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At the scale of a fishery that harvests billions of pounds of pollock annually, that can mean hundreds of thousands of salmon.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
An extensive kitchen garden and greenhouse are maintained on the property where the team grows and harvests organic fresh greens, vegetables, and herbs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of harvests

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Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance.

— Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

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