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glean

verb as in pick out, collect

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There’s nothing here that the viewer can’t glean from the documentary, and in fact, the doc is a far more edifying and affecting work than Safdie’s stylish regurgitation.

From Salon

The Israeli government will now be poring over the wording of the statement to glean the true intent.

From BBC

Obviously, it’s hard to glean the timetable when the experience is edited down, but it seemed like you revealed your race pretty early on and it wasn’t exactly by choice.

We do not glean much more than we already knew or assumed about President Biden’s life-changing 2024 phone call that set Harris on this path.

In the Kirk case, Katherine Schweit, a former FBI agent and prosecutor, said investigators will be busy tracking Robinson's online communications and interactions with friends and family members to glean more information.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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