Definition of Gleaning

gathering information or data from numerous resources

Examples of Gleaning in a sentence

The news reporter was gleaning facts from eye witnesses to the event, information from expert interviews and data from computer research.  

To fully compare the main beliefs of the top five religions in the world, someone would be gleaning from all of the holy books associated with these religions.  

Due to Chuck’s hidden gambling problem, his wife was gleaning from all of their financial statements to determine where the money was going to.  

Authorities are gleaning more information from the crime scene and won’t question the suspect until they have all of the fact.  

The auditor searched through the files, gleaning info facts and figures about the company’s finances.  

Other words in the Intelligent category:

Most Searched Words (with Video)