glean information
Frequency: 6.00.8 per million words
to gather facts or details slowly and with difficulty
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Examples (10)
- Investigative journalists spent months trying to glean information from reluctant sources.
- From a few scattered emails, I managed to glean enough information to reconstruct the timeline.
- Skilled analysts often glean information by reading between the lines.
- The committee has gleaned information from public records and leaked memos.
- Little information could be gleaned from the damaged hard drive.
- Gleaning information from social media requires patience and a good filter.
- We shouldn’t have to glean information from rumors; the company ought to communicate openly.
- She traveled to remote villages to glean local information firsthand before drafting the policy.
- Could you glean any information from yesterday’s meeting?
- In a crisis, even overheard comments can help investigators glean critical information.