harvesting

Example Sentences

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I joyfully practice “urban foraging,” picking blackberries in the Presidio, collecting rosemary and ginkgo nuts under street trees, harvesting apples at the invitation of the trees’ vacationing owners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

You can also shave back income by harvesting investment losses to offset realized gains or some earned income.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

It involves feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms, harvesting their cocoons and extracting the silk fibres.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The practice of harvesting search history and personal data reaches far beyond the airline industry, Owens said, and corporations across all industries use “personal data against consumers to extract maximum profit.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

No one eats teosinte, because it produces too little grain to be worth harvesting.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann