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glean

verb as in pick out, collect

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It was a lot to glean from a round of charades.

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One former US intelligence official said information gleaned by Colombian officers was often vital in supporting American eavesdropping and satellite intelligence.

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The consumer research gleaned from those who attended told Netflix there is a market for permanent venues that promote the brand, Lee said.

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The report will typically draw on information gleaned from examination of the crash site, for example, as well as basic material downloaded from the flight data recorder.

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Most of the advice being pushed on investors today isn’t much good, and what can be gleaned from promoters on Reddit even worse.

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