as in picking
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
harvest salmon from nearby rivers every year we harvest corn from our own garden
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Recent Examples of harvesting
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.
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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
Late summer to early fall is a time for harvesting corn in much of the United States.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Youth split up into groups and fan out to the different gardens, weeding, watering, planting and harvesting the vegetables.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some Michigan cider mills are already open, harvesting their apples and making the refreshing drink, and selling a variety of sweet baked goods.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
And in 2018, federal agents raided Sunset Mesa funeral home in Montrose where a mother and daughter team were harvesting and selling body parts without knowledge or consent of the families.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
After harvesting canes from the university’s research vineyard, the scientists dried and ground them before extracting the cellulosic residue.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
The process of creating my secretome began with harvesting my hair follicles at Dripology in Santa Monica back in 2023.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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
Late summer to early fall is a time for harvesting corn in much of the United States.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Youth split up into groups and fan out to the different gardens, weeding, watering, planting and harvesting the vegetables.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Some Michigan cider mills are already open, harvesting their apples and making the refreshing drink, and selling a variety of sweet baked goods.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
And in 2018, federal agents raided Sunset Mesa funeral home in Montrose where a mother and daughter team were harvesting and selling body parts without knowledge or consent of the families.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
After harvesting canes from the university’s research vineyard, the scientists dried and ground them before extracting the cellulosic residue.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
The process of creating my secretome began with harvesting my hair follicles at Dripology in Santa Monica back in 2023.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvesting
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But a growing number of people seem to be picking the team to finish first in the AFC West.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Prices vary based on color and size, but shoppers will score the biggest discounts when picking them up in Portman’s exact mushroom shade.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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“Harvesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvesting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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