gleanings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Among its gleanings, the poll found that the American dream is alive and well, at least among those who came from abroad, despite the sour mood that suffuses much of the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Some chopped-down gleanings don’t drop, exactly, but come indoors as the stuff of impromptu arrangements that merge vivid tropical foliage with native fall wildflowers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
“Selected Letters of Norman Mailer” is a pile of mostly minor gleanings from a major writer.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2014
It's clearly the gleanings of a lifetime's reading, and Crotty has walked a nice line between poetry that deals with Ireland, with questions of Irish character and history, and poetry qua poetry.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2010
Bands of displaced peasants roamed the razed countryside, fighting the crows for gleanings.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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