gleanings

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You can also sign up to participate in the organization's farmers market gleanings, collecting boxes of fresh produce from local farmers to donate to various direct-service agencies for the needy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2014

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

As she picked up the gleanings in the gathering dusk, Ms. Baldwin recalled people telling her that she and Ms. Merrow couldn’t grow wheat on the East End, that the climate wasn’t right.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2010

Next, a number of scythes were singled out for showing bias in their gleanings.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman