HARVESTED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

harvested

verb

past tense of harvest

as in picked

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use harvest salmon from nearby rivers every year we harvest corn from our own garden

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Recent Examples of harvested Dating back millennia, Alaska Native communities have stewarded and sustainably harvested wild salmon runs, building smokehouses and summer fish camps (many of which are still in use). — Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 Under the Soil Association’s rules, products carrying its seal of approval are 100% natural, and at least 70% of their non-water ingredients are organically grown and harvested. — Brianna Peters, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 Palacio de Fefinanes 2022 Albariño III Ano Grapes for this delightful wine were harvested in the third week of September 2022 after a long hot summer. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026 The elk was discovered on a game ranch in Pecos County and was reported after being harvested by a hunter, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said. — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an investigation is underway of infections linked to raw oysters harvested by the Little Wicomico Oyster Company from the Little Wicomico River’s harvest area in Virginia. — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 The infections are linked to raw oysters harvested by the Little Wicomico Oyster Company from the Little Wicomico River in Virginia, the CDC said. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026 Traditionally, tobacco was harvested by hand, hung in a log barn and cured to a golden-brown with a wood fire that had to be stoked day and night. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Lawsuit filed five years ago New Mexico's attorney general had sued Meta in 2021 following revelations that Cambridge Analytica had harvested personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users through a third-party app. — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

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With the absence of any major AI company and relatively expensive valuations, investors have picked markets such as South Korea and Taiwan over India, experts said.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
Warrants obtained by the AJC allege two of the suspects picked a date for the attack, obtained a floor plan of the school, pledged to provide weapons and made a list of items to get, including body armor, video cameras and combat boots.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
More than a hundred people had gathered earlier in and around the church for a funeral procession.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

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