gleanings

Example Sentences

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But the payoff is worth it, because the gleanings these days are often prime produce rather than just leavings.

From New York Times

It emits a thin fan of laser light that scans through the animals, gathers backscattered rays from the inner flows and tissues, and feeds those gleanings into a computer that visually reconstructs the living organisms in subtle detail.

From New York Times

Many of the best moments in this book are stray gleanings.

From New York Times

But interviews with six people who were involved in projects that Mr. Buttigieg worked on at McKinsey, along with gleanings from his autobiography, fill in some of the blanks.

From New York Times

The State Department briefings, a fixture since the Eisenhower administration, have served a small, targeted audience looking for gleanings of a shift in U.S. foreign policy and reaction to events around the world.

From Washington Post