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reaping

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for reaping.

Editorial note

If the price of something is crashing, anyone reaping profits from the calamity will make a good scapegoat.

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Quick take

The act by which something is reaped.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

The act by which something is reaped.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for reaping.

noun

The act by which something is reaped.

Example sentences

1

If the price of something is crashing, anyone reaping profits from the calamity will make a good scapegoat.

2

From someone who is used to GUI editors, moving to VIM...how long until you're actually reaping the benefits?

3

Walmart perfected 20th century shopping and are reaping dividends for it in terms of current monetary profits.

4

So although Disney is reaping the benefits of Infosys's cheap labor; it is Infosys who is using the H1-Bs.

5

We are reaping the benefits of 20 year-old PL research today, what about 20 years from now?

6

That is, is possible to avoid escalating while still reaping much of the benefit.

7

You don't see any of these stand out in charts because they constitute a smooth background, steadily reaping lives, year after year.

8

Regarding the author's point on reaping children, it is a well know issue.

9

What's going on here is that Africa isn't really reaping the benefits of specialization of labor in the way the civilized world is.

10

They recognized that the existing players on the high end were reaping above-average profits from their brand + distribution, but without strong product differentiation.

11

Now, the ones reaping the rewards are the private equity groups.

12

We're reaping the benefits of C's resistance to feature bloat.

Quote examples

1

"great, you can pay them average salaries and they will be so loyal to your giant company" The point is that they become loyal to each other, the company reaping a reward is just a side benefit of people working towards a common goal.

2

"You're in an industry reaping disproportionate benefit from loose money policies, leading to a trend-chasing culture of overpaid nerds making web apps." This is how software engineers undervalue themselves and damage their own profession.

3

The second paragraph pretty much says so: "hedge funds and Wall Street trading desks are reaping hundreds of millions at the expense of index mutual funds, the investments of choice for a growing number of ordinary Americans." Wall Street vs The Ordinary American™ makes for popular news stories.

4

I didn't see a box saying "anyone who has a myopic entitled view of the world, and has spent their life reaping the benefits of discrimination while blindly passing off attempts to move forward because such attempts strike deep at the core of their own anxiety about their self-worth and the foundation of their success" on there so I think you're good.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use reaping in a sentence?

If the price of something is crashing, anyone reaping profits from the calamity will make a good scapegoat.

What does reaping mean?

The act by which something is reaped.

What part of speech is reaping?

reaping is commonly used as noun.