gleanings

Example Sentences

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Among its gleanings, the poll found that the American dream is alive and well, at least among those who came from abroad, despite the sour mood that suffuses much of the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

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

The inspiration was in his gleanings, he said.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2010

“Each scythe must perform a quota of two hundred sixty gleanings per year,” Scythe Faraday told them, “which averages to five per week.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman