glean

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Recent Examples of glean La Rocca had a little information to go with these cold calls, some of it gleaned from a book, Vecchio Milan, published in 1963. Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Still, some biographical information can be gleaned from other sources. Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 12 Apr. 2025 Apparently the lesson gleaned from playing with fire for years and being burned last campaign was to double down on the scrubs. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025 These are the kinds of insights that can be gleaned from the 3D digital model, according to Atlantic Productions CEO Anthony Geffen, who produced the NatGeo series. ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glean
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glean
Verb
  • Monitor and gather feedback: Establish monitoring systems to track performance and gather feedback from users.
    Kim Bozzella, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Homicide and crime scene personnel were gathering evidence and speaking with possible witnesses.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Tech-forward companies are reaping early benefits—higher productivity, smarter operations, stronger margins—while slower adopters struggle to convert ambition into outcomes.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Peptide serums have become a mainstay of skin-care routines for their ability to repair and improve skin—but why should your face exclusively reap those rewards?
    Emily Orofino, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In 2019, during the first Trump administration, agents in Mississippi used data harvested from Geo Group’s tools to help secure a warrant for a raid on a chicken processing plant.
    Paul Mozur, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The crop can be harvested at anytime but most leave the bulbs in the ground until the tops decline and flop over.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The only exception would be to wait until May to sow bermuda from seed.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Tariffs undermine this worthy goal by sowing doubt about U.S. reliability as a partner.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Glean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glean. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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