gleaner

Definition of gleanernext

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Noun
  • The final scene shows Kaleb driving a combine harvester, and radioing Clarkson to tell him that his partner, Taya, has gone into labor with his third child.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • The harvester must have harvested oysters during the 2025-26 season, with proof in harvest reports.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Kevin Costner is the Iowa farmer who hears strange voices and builds a ball field in his corn.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Over the last three years, farmers in California and Arizona have agreed to leave hay fields dry part of the year in exchange for federal payments.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • More traditionally, Boötes is a herdsman or a plowman.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 8 May 2026
  • Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Now some are calling for the government to buy farmland from willing growers and leave that land dry.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • This provides a clearer framework for businesses and growers, despite significant public interest in commercial cutting sales.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • But the reaper kept knocking at Jamon’s door, and winking at his son.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
  • The combine/reaping machine cutting mechanism (1833) American inventor Obed Hussey patented one of the earliest practical mechanical reapers in 1833.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The country is a top cultivator and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes (Mexico, China, Canada, the United States and Spain are the other power-green houses in this space, with an annual market of ~$10B growing to ~$16B by 2030).
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Tabar Gifford is a master gardener and partnership cultivator at American Meadows and High Country Gardens.
    Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • The voice that had so startled me belonged to our farmhand, Heisuke, a loyal but rather slow-witted man.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Case details Brewer, a farmhand, was convicted in the 1990 murder of an Amarillo flooring company owner.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Shop furniture and decor for every room, the best summer bedding, and outdoor essentials, like furniture, umbrellas, planters, and more.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Just remember that self-watering planters still need their reservoirs refilled regularly.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026
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“Gleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleaner. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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