gleaning

present participle of glean

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Verb
  • Renaud Tixier’s movement is a highly innovative micro-rotor movement that features an inertia wheel within the micro-rotor and a ‘dancer’ spring, orchestrated to optimize winding by harvesting even the smallest motion.
    Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Add garlic to the garden for more than harvesting the delicious bulbs.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This means gathering people with diverse professional backgrounds, as well as drawing from internal talent with deep institutional knowledge.
    Maureen Cawley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In his Kurdish-majority town (equidistant from large cities Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır, also with large Kurdish populations), Eyüp works at a tomato harvesting farm, gathering and salting heaps of the crimson fruit under the baking sun.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Among the policy gains, baby boomers are reaping benefits from the Americans with Disabilities Act and the hard work of disability advocates in terms of workplaces that are less physically demanding.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Many might think that only savvy investors, pioneering founders, and rising CEOs become millionaires overnight—but employees are reaping seven-figure net worths from the successes of their companies, too.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From beginning stages of planning, the layout, walkways, irrigation, fertilization, planting varieties of roses and the tools needed for successful rose gardening.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • To minimize risk, avoid planting Brussels sprouts or any of their relatives in the same spot every year.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Gleaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleaning. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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