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  • noun Plural form of harvest.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harvest.

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Examples

  • An "us" v. "them" world of competing for scarce, natural resources which man harvests from the heavens, the seas and the earths (which are infinite, even though the resources they contain ultimately may be scarce.)

    Back in NYC 2009

  • Well, the season for turning leaves and final harvests is as good a time as any.

    What's Your Fall Reading List Look Like? 2009

  • An "us" v. "them" world of competing for scarce, natural resources which man harvests from the heavens, the seas and the earths (which are infinite, even though the resources they contain ultimately may be scarce.)

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • The energy that a hydro-electric plant harvests is the potential energy caused by the 100m height of the dam, not the 1000m height of the clouds. jsaving Says:

    ALTERNATIVE ENERGY: Rain Power | Inhabitat 2008

  • And marketers of products ranging from cars (the Volkswagen Bug) to computers (the Mac) to shoes (Doc Martens) have been reaping huge harvests from the countercultural seeds that were sown in the 1960s.

    Rebels Without a Cause 2005

  • And marketers of products ranging from cars (the Volkswagen Bug) to computers (the Mac) to shoes (Doc Martens) have been reaping huge harvests from the countercultural seeds that were sown in the 1960s.

    Rebels Without a Cause 2005

  • And marketers of products ranging from cars (the Volkswagen Bug) to computers (the Mac) to shoes (Doc Martens) have been reaping huge harvests from the countercultural seeds that were sown in the 1960s.

    Rebels Without a Cause 2005

  • September 1997 and January 1998, when harvests from the short rains are expected.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • The natives, the Eskimos, bring in harvests of furs which are baled and brought out and sent to Beaver House, London, England, headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company.

    To the Top of the World With the Eastern Arctic Patrol 1936

  • It was the custom for the King to pray and make offerings to Shang Ti during the first Spring month (February), in order to propitiate this chief of the Chinese pantheon and ensure good harvests from the grain then being sown.

    Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

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