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glean

verb as in pick out, collect

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I’m gleaning from your letter that you’re not confident about managing your finances.

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Giving evidence at Liverpool Town Hall, Dr Molyneux said: "I believe that I took reasonable steps to glean a reasonable level of assurance from the notes and the verbal handover I had."

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That makes the Beige Book’s anecdotal evidence, gleaned from real-time conversations with business leaders about investing, hiring, and pricing, more critical than usual for policymakers.

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Stilley can identify most plant species in the parkway garden at a glance, but she still comes every week that she can, excited to glean fresh wisdom.

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Ms. Orlean has gleaned many of her ideas from serendipitous wanderings around city neighborhoods.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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