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Recent Examples of glean
This time around, scientists were also able to combine more than 20,000 pictures gleaned from drones and conventional photography to create 3D models of the site.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Whether the front office can glean value — primarily a first-round pick — from that parting will be a crucial question.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Kingsley attempted to glean in all things, from the greatest of scientific laws to the humblest mollusk, the radiance of a divine glory.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
Later, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said these numbers matched information gleaned by Israeli intelligence.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Whether the front office can glean value — primarily a first-round pick — from that parting will be a crucial question.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Kingsley attempted to glean in all things, from the greatest of scientific laws to the humblest mollusk, the radiance of a divine glory.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
Later, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said these numbers matched information gleaned by Israeli intelligence.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glean
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The group gathered around a table in the living room portion of the suite.—
Jesse Granger,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The trend has been squarely rising for the past decade, gathering pace in the pandemic, to become a defining way to travel for wealthy privacy-hunters and families looking for a hyper-luxe set-up to fly and flop across the generations.—
Giles Hattersley,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
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But there’s a timely chill to its slowly spiraling demonstration of how easily communities can thrill to any man brazen enough to declare himself closer to God than others, and toxic enough to reap the benefits of that trust for himself alone.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Seniors deserve to reap the full benefits of their hard work from career-long contributions to Social Security and the Railroad Retirement Plan.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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From rules that forbid people to harvest trees in close proximity to creeks – to ensure shelter for wildlife – to requiring two trees planted for every one harvested, CPS’ operations strive for the maximum level of sustainability.—
Malana Van Tyler,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The escaped fish were ready to be harvested, said Mowi, and weigh about 12 pounds each.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
13 Feb. 2025
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The journalists traveled to Haiti to show the grim extent of the devastation and barbarism wrought by the gang warfare that has sown chaos in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.—
Katie Robertson,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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What’s more, airflow is restricted when plants are sown too closely together and this can cause plant diseases, like powdery mildew, to spread.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Glean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glean. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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