gatherer

Example Sentences

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Kousser said states have tried to ban and regulate paid signature gatherers since as early as 1913, but the courts have protected the process.

From Los Angeles Times

“Predominantly women have been gatherers and they normally go with their daughters. They transfer the indigenous knowledge from one generation to the other,” Ngezimana told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times

“Napping is not something that healthy humans do. Hunters and gatherers didn’t nap.”

From Los Angeles Times

"In essence Stonehenge and stone circles are cosmological timepieces. They were used to take man from a society based on hunter gatherers, to a kingship society based on farming and animal husbandry."

From BBC

In fact, House Our Neighbors has alleged signature gatherers for Compassion Seattle have been misleading voters, and launched an effort to get anyone who felt they’d been misled to take their signature off.

From Seattle Times