gleaners

Definition of gleanersnext
plural of gleaner

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gleaners
Noun
  • Starting in 1916, more than 7 million Black Americans left the South, and Chicago became one of the primary destinations of the Great Migration, with hundreds of thousands settling in the city; educators, architects, farmers and more in search of a better life.
    Edie Kasten, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Its offerings benefit local schools, businesses and community members at large, teaching people to source, cook and enjoy plant-forward meals, partnering with local chefs, farmers and artisans, as well as health-care systems.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • For budget-minded growers, that translates into a wider harvest window and more food from the same planting.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
  • During the pandemic, bean growers were initially saddled with excess inventory as farmers markets and restaurants suddenly closed.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In nature, this process typically occurs via fire, whereas cultivators often use acid or physical scarring.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
  • However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When some of these planters defaulted, Jacob repossessed their plantations.
    Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • His dread turned to panic when Hochheiser, 79, was unloaded at Villa Rosa III, a 48-bed assisted living home with peeling paint, burglar bars, barren planters and a history of poor care.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Gleaners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleaners. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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