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glean

[gleen] / glin /


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Under the partnership, several thousand workers in some of Bosch's 350 facilities worldwide will wear sensor suits to glean training data for Neura robots.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

But under the big open skies and cramped spaces of their eastward journey in a faulty car, traveling between what we glean is a tough past and a hoped-for future, we know something’s off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

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

She exits her state without deciphering Paula’s words, yet feels an innate and moving satisfaction anyway, as if she could glean the meaning of what her former patient said without understanding every word.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

She would sooner glean herself as her first act as a scythe than accept his sacrifice.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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