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Recent Examples of glean
Such technologies are useful to study chicken development and glean insights that can also be applied to other mammals and even humans.
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CBS News, 19 May 2026
Its final destination is a metallic asteroid of the same name that scientists hope to study in order to glean valuable insights about Earth's own core.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 May 2026
For the past decade as Google’s Data Editor, my job has been to glean insights from the world’s largest publicly available dataset.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
What narration there is between numbers sometimes offers crumbs of insight, but any connecting thread to the material is a challenge to glean.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026
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CBS News, 19 May 2026
Its final destination is a metallic asteroid of the same name that scientists hope to study in order to glean valuable insights about Earth's own core.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 May 2026
For the past decade as Google’s Data Editor, my job has been to glean insights from the world’s largest publicly available dataset.
—Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
What narration there is between numbers sometimes offers crumbs of insight, but any connecting thread to the material is a challenge to glean.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glean
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After gathering digital evidence, conducting witness interviews and executing search warrants, investigators obtained and served an arrest warrant Tuesday for the Yuba City man, according to a department statement.—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Fans young and old gathered under the KC Live canopy Thursday to watch as Mexico beat South Africa 2-0.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Chip and memory companies are indeed reaping big growth in revenue and profit because of the AI boom, but their stock prices have been soaring at astounding speeds.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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SpaceX’s public market debut, expected on Friday, will create remarkable wealth — but only a sliver of investors will reap the bulk of the gains.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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Spring onions, onions that have been harvested before the bulb has had a chance to swell, are a bit more fragile than adult onion varieties.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Straw is the agricultural byproduct of harvesting cereal grains such as barley, wheat and rice.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
13 June 2026
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Plant in partial to full sun areas in early spring and sow again in fall for a double harvest.—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
12 June 2026
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And some of those in Tallahassee began sowing seeds of division to advance their own causes and elevate their own profiles.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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“Glean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glean. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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