glean
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The meaning I glean from your words is this: It’s not so much that you yearn for him romantically and fear you made a mistake simply because your life is empty without him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
For all the concentration on reliability, teams were of course trying to glean any snippets they could about relative pace.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 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
That has also made it harder for the Fed to glean inflation trends.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026
It was the word Scythe Curie used to describe the people she chose to glean.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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