gleaner

Definition of gleanernext

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Noun
  • An organic farmer might use a tractor, a harvester, or a milking machine but avoid harmful fertilizers, pest controls, or animal growth hormones.
    Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This is the case the company Kara Water is making for putting an atmospheric water harvester in your kitchen, one of the first companies in the retail space.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • And businesses from Australian wine makers to Norwegian salmon farmers have been frozen out of the massive China market in recent years when their governments fell foul of Beijing.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Did Daylight Saving Time start because of farmers?
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The cold stillness felt temporary — as if the growers would return at any moment to prop up the crumpled tents, replant their crop and fling more beer cans and dirty underwear into the woods.
    Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • This climate sensitivity often leads growers to plant them indoors, where temperature can be more precisely controlled.
    Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Several defendants are members of the Ohio Cannabis Coalition, a marijuana trade association representing cultivators, dispensaries, processors and testing labs.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Breeder-educator James Loud brings yet another angle, centering on genetics literacy, breeder certification and transparent breeding practices that appeal to both hobbyists and more experienced cultivators.
    Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Tom Lester played Eb Dawson, the Douglases' sarcastic young farmhand.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The film centers on Westley (Cary Elwes), a farmhand who goes on a noble quest to rescue his beloved Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the clutches of the loathsome Prince Humperdink (Chris Sarandon), to whom she's unhappily betrothed.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Numerous terraces and the swimming pool function as alfresco extensions to the interior spaces, with a series of interconnected planters and islands for lounging and sunbathing.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Keep scrolling through for more great Presidents’ Day open-box outlet deals from West Elm, including bedding, planters, chairs, and more furniture below.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Gleaner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleaner. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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