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glean

[gleen] / glin /


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The tax appeals office also looked at a child custody case with Peters’s ex-wife to glean details on their “family abode.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

That has also made it harder for the Fed to glean inflation trends.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

"This felt more like an opportunity for the fans to come and see the players as opposed to anything they are really going to glean from a tactical point of view."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Retailers can’t easily connect their loyalty programs to third-party AI search platforms, and data insights remain hard to glean, brands and others say.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

I am a man who chooses to glean with pride, not shame.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman