gleans

present tense third-person singular of glean

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Verb
  • America's 250th birthday is bringing on an unprecedented celebration as the nation gathers to mark the semiquincentennial of the United States.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short, The Drive‘s news roundup that gathers the biggest automotive headlines from around the globe.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Brendan Shanahan surely reaps the rewards for forever believing in Marner and the Core Four and continues as team president into the present.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • However, an artist’s innate defiance reaps the best art.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Chet Anderson harvests flowers by hand for Fresh Herb Company.
    Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • To secure modern cryptographic systems against the vulnerabilities of predictable data, Fraunhofer IPMS developed Q-Dic that harvests true randomness from unpredictable quantum vacuum fluctuations.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • The story follows one family who plants bulbs, seeds and seedlings to create a rainbow of blooming flowers.
    Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • Space plants 12 inches apart and water at the base to prevent powdery mildew.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
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“Gleans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gleans. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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