gleaning

[ glee-ning ]

noun

1. the act of a person who gleans.
2. gleanings, things found or acquired by gleaning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleaning¹

First recorded in 1400–50, gleaning is from the late Middle English word glenynge. See glean, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

With Trump's reelection, it may be hard to read or watch anything on Trump, but director Ali Abbasi’s recent feature “The Apprentice” is useful for gleaning insights about how we got to where we are.

From Salon

What do you think the lesson we've been gleaning here has been about our worth in our own country?

From Salon

LLMs function by gleaning patterns in the data and trying to match a pattern to the question at hand.

From Los Angeles Times

This gleaning process can imbue certain events or people, e.g., the rise of Adolf Hitler, with a sense of historical inevitability.

From Salon

Thus Nahmias became the founder and CEO of Food Forward, a gleaning operation that distributed unwanted residential fruit to community organizations feeding needy people.

From Los Angeles Times

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