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[gleen] / glin /


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Under the partnership, several thousand workers in some of Bosch's 350 facilities worldwide will wear sensor suits to glean training data for Neura robots.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

According to experts, here are some takeaways L.A. can glean from its Bay Area neighbor.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

I would say the American content is more sophisticated and plentiful, but one can glean universal themes arising from every corner of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

For all the concentration on reliability, teams were of course trying to glean any snippets they could about relative pace.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2026

“I have not, Your Excellency. I was fully prepared to glean him. It was your own Parliamentarian who stopped me. It never occurred to me that hitting Rowan would grant him immunity.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

And, who gets to monetize the insights that AI gleans?

From Barron's Nov. 26, 2025

Mrs. Stonehouse was played by Hawes, whose character soon gleans that her husband is not all that he seems.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2023

Next weekend we will see whether "Lovecraft Country" gleans any Emmy wins out of its 18 nominations.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2021

Commissioner Danielle Outlaw added that she will be “leaning on what the investigation gleans to answer unanswered questions.”

From Washington Times Oct. 28, 2020

“What if another scythe gleans her during the off years?”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Many of the lessons Trey gleaned from the stars at dad’s work — first with the Angels and then, the last eight years, the Dodgers — came from observing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Instead people in these studies were already taking the drugs for diabetes or obesity and researchers gleaned insights from their medical records.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

What I gleaned from it is that we look at the electronic elements of production almost from a pop perspective, that gets integrated into aggressive music.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Or if they have, they have never gleaned even the most basic lesson from the long-running gag about Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football.

From MarketWatch Apr. 3, 2026

I’d gleaned that Ma had been born in China and had been sold as a child to work as a servant to a wealthy Chinese family.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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 drovers would forage along the way, picking berries, acorns and gleaning corn for the birds to eat.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

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

The watchers seemed to be gleaning little satisfaction from their vigil.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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