HARVESTING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

harvesting

verb

present participle of harvest

as in picking

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 harvesting The volunteers, Israelis and Americans, had come to stand alongside Palestinian farmers harvesting olives with the goal of preventing attacks by Israeli settlers. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Photograph by Faiz Abu Rmeleh / Getty On Friday, a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers who were harvesting olives in the West Bank. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Then there was Jordan Davis, who caught heat for harvesting an axis deer in Hawaii. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Diamond said there’s also a long tradition of locals harvesting food from the ocean. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The Abu Falah attack followed a similar attack on Friday morning in the area of Turmus Ayya village, where settlers burned three cars after attacking a group of farmers harvesting olives. — Reuters, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 In addition to wandering through the patch and harvesting prized pumpkins, there are many activities at Pumpkin Palooza to keep you and your family entertained. — Hali Smith october 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 Oct. 2026 My friend, however, is harvesting black widow spider eggs and putting the egg sacs in her freezer. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Given Apple's value proposition as the only big name in tech not dependent on harvesting your data, its AI implementation depends on on-device processing. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

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The proof of concept focuses on picking components from containers and arranging them in the correct order for subsequent assembly operations.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
These are the people that are out there in the hot sun, doing the hard work of picking our foods and making sure that (the food) comes to us, the consumers.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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DJs take over late on Fridays and Saturdays, while Sundays belong to samba and feijoada meals, honoring the local tradition of gathering with loved ones on weekends to enjoy the black bean and meat stew.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
The HyLighter’s balance of range, cost, safety, and data-gathering capabilities could have broad applications, including environmental monitoring and urban planning.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026

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