- present participle of glean.
gleaning
AmericanEtymology
Origin of gleaning
First recorded in 1400–50, gleaning is from the late Middle English word glenynge. See glean, -ing 1
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A gleaning group has saved £1m worth of fruit and vegetables that would have been left in field and donated them to food banks.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ultimately, gleaning what is happening in the brain could change anesthesia, helping it to be redesigned or personalized to more closely resemble natural sleep rather than a coma-like one, Helfrich said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The skeptics in my life believe L’Belle-Tividad may just be really good at collecting information about people, gleaning details from other readings and our demographic data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
The budget figures will be keenly watched by energy industry experts, with the hopes of gleaning insights into where Saudi Arabia expects oil revenues to head in the near future.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
“You’d never have worry about being gleaned either.... A scythe’s family is immune from gleaning for as long as that scythe’s alive.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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