harvester

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Recent Examples of harvester Eating harvester ants began as a feeding specialization, not a defense. Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026 Aker is the world's largest harvester of krill, responsible for over half the world's catch. CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 The complete license would cost $150 and include a base hunting license, two deer licenses, one antlerless deer license, an all-species fishing license, a spring and fall wild turkey hunting license, a waterfowl hunting license, a pheasant hunting license, and a fur harvester's license. Paul Egan, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026 Yaghi’s water harvester offers a more portable and eco-friendly alternative. Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026 An organic farmer might use a tractor, a harvester, or a milking machine but avoid harmful fertilizers, pest controls, or animal growth hormones. Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 This is the case the company Kara Water is making for putting an atmospheric water harvester in your kitchen, one of the first companies in the retail space. Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026 The harvester can also run continuously when plugged into mains power, or it can be powered by a portable external battery pack. Shirl Leigh january 20, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026 Aeschylus’s telling of the myth includes the detail that Prometheus has a role as a data harvester of sorts, armed with information that helps Zeus and the Titans come to power, but also information about Zeus’s eventual downfall. James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvester
Noun
  • Fertilizer is also essential to farmers, and about 30% of the world’s fertilizer shipments typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
    Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Platner, an oyster farmer and military veteran, also regularly polled significantly higher than Mills.
    Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Those who try the reaper heat level must be 18 or older.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Matt with his stick; the reaper with his scythe.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Separately, a cultivator sued MED, alleging the agency has failed to uphold its statutory duty to protect consumers and prosecute bad actors.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The representatives argued that bad actors are unfairly driving down prices and shifting the tax burden to manufacturers and cultivators who are trying to follow the rules.
    Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Gilcrease said growers want to see regulation phased in gradually.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • As a slow-grower, carpetgrass can take a couple of seasons to fully replace a lawn area.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It's recommended to use a soil mix specifically designed for containers and outdoor use, as indoor plant soil may not provide the necessary drainage or nutrients for plants in outdoor planters.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • And a chaise lounge — placed slightly apart, perhaps near a planter or a low hedge — establishes the kind of quiet retreat that disappeared somewhere around the time the carpool schedule took over your life.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Peter Falk plays a man reading a story to his grandson, about a Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright), who falls in love with her farmhand, Westley (Cary Elwes).
    David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Genet’s success in school saved him from a life as a farmhand; instead, at age thirteen, he was apprenticed to a typographer at the École d’Alembert, near Paris.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Farmers currently may need the assistance of an agronomist to analyze the data and use it for future planting strategies.
    Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • An agronomist develops crops that yield more food every harvest.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026

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“Harvester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvester. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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