glean
verb (used with object)
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
gleans
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present tense formof glean (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And, who gets to monetize the insights that AI gleans?
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
Although his aunt and uncle make him spend most of his days reading, when he isn't bench-pressing the car in their yard, Cootie gleans some hints about how life works through TV.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2023
He gleans gems at the Benjamin Bar, trolls the BLT Prime steak house upstairs where Giuliani has a regular table with the nameplate, “Rudolph W. Giuliani, Private Office.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2022
In the course of his investigation, the commissario interviews one of the garbagemen, or spazzini, from whom he gleans a damning piece of evidence.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2021
“What if another scythe gleans her during the off years?”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
