as in to pick
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 harvest
Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
Cotton growers also were facing low prices this harvest season of around 70 cents per pound, said Taylor Sills, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission.
—Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Joseph Cox, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
While pomegranates are typically harvested in the fall, they can be found in stores throughout the winter, Heckler said.
—Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Instead, after his father gifted him a typewriter, purchased with the money from his family's onion harvest, Luis moved to Spain and wrote his first novel.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
Cotton growers also were facing low prices this harvest season of around 70 cents per pound, said Taylor Sills, executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission.
—Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensitive location data on a massive scale, with that data ending up with a location data company whose subsidiary has previously sold global location data to US law enforcement.
—Joseph Cox, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
While pomegranates are typically harvested in the fall, they can be found in stores throughout the winter, Heckler said.
—Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Some such costs relate to property, wages, crops, infrastructure, supply chains and travel, per the report.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
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And with 80 percent of the world’s almond crop grown in the Golden State, labor shortages have proven to be a perennial problem.Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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My top picks this season, listed chronologically: Sharing is caring Cheers to Ensemble Dal Niente for stepping right into the all-too-dead first weekend of the year with a substantial program.Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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Winds are expected to drop back off Friday night into Saturday, with speeds picking back up Sunday into Wednesday of next week, according to the weather service.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Residents gathered around the intersection, frustrated there were no details about when they would be let in.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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This means involving the right people, gathering feedback, and addressing concerns early and often.Ebony D. Thomas, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Cast a Line With Group Fishing Take the whole family fishing on a excursion with one of the local charter companies, including Captain Phil's Charters (pickup at Grayton Beach), Santa Rosa Charters, and Strictly Business Fishing Charters.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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Irene Salinas, who studies fish immune systems at the University of New Mexico, probed the fish brain for microbes.Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
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The researchers said countries that can effectively respond to population aging can reap the benefits of doing so.New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
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Women are well-positioned to reap the benefits of this robust growth and to become represented in health care leadership positions at levels that better represent their overall presence as practitioners.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Harvest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvest. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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