Thesaurus results for HARVESTER

harvester

noun

Definition of harvester

as in farmer

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Recent Examples of harvester The scale of the invasion has made control difficult, and harvester and marine economic development coordinator Eli Gladstone hopes a viable market for the crabs could help reduce their numbers. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Josie and her single mom live on a middle-of-nowhere farm where the biggest threat (and, apparently, the movie’s arch villain) is a self-driving crop harvester manufactured by a company called Cootings. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026 By upgrading synthetic skin from a passive sensor into an energy harvester, the Fudan team offers a clever alternative to deadweight batteries. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026 For an oyster roast—which can vary in size from a family backyard affair to a full-on event with hundreds of attendees—the host will purchase bags of oysters from a local harvester (or harvest the oysters themselves). — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2026 Corn and soybean growers reported that a single large combine harvester consumes roughly 200 gallons of diesel per day. — CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 Aggressively extracting oil from its iwashi resources, Imperial Japan became the world’s largest harvester of the fish. — Pei-Hsu Lin, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026 The final scene shows Kaleb driving a combine harvester, and radioing Clarkson to tell him that his partner, Taya, has gone into labor with his third child. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026 The harvester must have harvested oysters during the 2025-26 season, with proof in harvest reports. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 18 May 2026

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Noun

There was no structural investment in the support required for farmers to transition successfully—the technical assistance and the knowledge.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
An Egyptian farmer tending to his cucumbers stumbled upon an ancient stone that led archaeologists to a much bigger discovery.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of farmer

Noun

But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangsters to somehow beat the reaper.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of reaper

Noun

The strike ended in July 1970 with victory for thousands of Mexican American and Filipino American farmworkers, who reached a collective bargaining agreement with major grape growers.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Providing education for cotton growers, WWF-Türkiye created a guide for optimizing water and soil management.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of grower

Noun

More traditionally, Boötes is a herdsman or a plowman.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

— Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025

Definition of plowman

Noun

Separate areas for lounging, dining and a drinks station, anchored by rugs, planter clusters or furniture changes, will become the default design brief.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
Think about privacy with fencing, tall planters, bamboo screens or outdoor curtains, and factor in noise, drainage and level ground for anything with real weight like tubs or saunas.

— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of planter

Noun

Around the middle of the century, agronomists also developed high-yield, fast-growing varieties of staple crops like wheat and rice in what is known as the Green Revolution.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Set in Guatemala, the drama follows a young agronomist investigating her long-absent father amid the migration crisis.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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