gleaned

past tense of glean

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleaned
Verb
  • After the solution settles or is filtered, the aluminum minerals are harvested, forming a material known as alumina, and the rest of the materials form a solid waste known as red mud.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
  • It’s made from the sap of the coconut palm, which is harvested, sometimes lightly fermented and blended with sea salt and occasionally with vinegar or water.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Young adults like all those who gathered to see Kirk on that sunny day.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the roughly 41% stakeholder in Oracle, Ellison has reaped the greatest benefits from his tech company’s 450% share price growth over the last five years.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Initially, his appointment reaped rewards.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Although some people may see leaves changing color before late October, this often happens because the plants are landscape trees, or trees that grew after seeds from other areas were planted, said Seiler.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Since this aphid attracts a wide variety of beneficial insects that prey on it and pecan pests, crape myrtles have been planted in pecan orchards with a positive impact on pecan harvests.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Gleaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleaned. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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