gleanings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“Bad Luck Banging” announces itself as “a sketch for a popular film,” and it unfolds, in its first two-thirds, as a portfolio of documentary gleanings and notebook entries rather than as a linear narrative.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
You can also sign up to participate in the organization's farmers market gleanings, collecting boxes of fresh produce from local farmers to donate to various direct-service agencies for the needy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2014
Below, the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times plunge into the archival gleanings of this year's most notable boxed sets, greatest hits and reissued albums.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2010
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
“Not even gleanings, for the grain was but little advanced.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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