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Recent Examples of glean
Other gems were gleaned from his years as a country boy in the Harlem of the nineteen-forties and fifties.
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
There’s plenty of insight to be gleaned from these volumes: Which actors were (and weren’t) submitted — and why does that have such an impact on the number of nominees?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 June 2025
Autonomy, instead, is his currency, a lesson gleaned from his grandmother.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 June 2025
The online trail that authorities have been scouring to glean some insight into Bartkus’ motives includes a website dedicated to the Palm Springs bombing.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
There’s plenty of insight to be gleaned from these volumes: Which actors were (and weren’t) submitted — and why does that have such an impact on the number of nominees?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 June 2025
Autonomy, instead, is his currency, a lesson gleaned from his grandmother.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 June 2025
The online trail that authorities have been scouring to glean some insight into Bartkus’ motives includes a website dedicated to the Palm Springs bombing.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glean
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In New York, Tyler, the Creator gathered with a group of young artists for a raw, roundtable discussion about the highs and lows of life in the creative lane.—
Bryanna Symone,
Essence,
10 July 2025
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More powerful and durable The company was founded on the premise that there is presently a bottleneck in the capability of commercial ground stations to download increasing amounts of data gathered by satellites in orbit.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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Frost and First Liberty allegedly told investors 100% of the proceeds from loan agreements and promissory notes would be used to fund bridge loans and that investors would be reap gains from the repayment of the bridge loans and the interest paid on them.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
11 July 2025
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Real estate professionals are the first to believe that the Sunshine State will reap huge benefits from Mamdani's victory.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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Hand harvested, the grapes undergo fermentation and then age 77% in French oak barrels for 9 months and 23% in cement tanks.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Smartphone voice assistants, cameras, or microphones to harvest data.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
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While Gran Griff was sowing terror in the Aribonite earlier this year and Viv Ansanm was taking over Port-au-Prince, tensions in the central region were worsening.—
Jacqueline Charles
July 11,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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Peppery arugula doesn’t transplant well, so sowing seeds directly into the soil is the way to go.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 July 2025
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“Glean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glean. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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