The phrase "ability to glean" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to gather information or insights from various sources or experiences.
Example: "Her ability to glean valuable insights from complex data sets makes her an asset to the research team."
Alternatives: "capacity to extract" or "skill in gathering".
Under this system, native ducks are selected for generations for their ability to glean most of their food from harvested rice fields, levees, swamps and waterways.
First, he had a rare ability to glean significant facts and decipher trends from the morass of information reported from a worldwide network of intelligence sources.
Recent innovations in Big Data have enabled major strides forward in our ability to glean important insights from massive amounts of data, and to use these insights to make better decisions.
Since coming to Columbia straight out of Stanford's graduate school in 2012, Tatonetti has surprised colleagues time and time again with his ability to glean answers to big, bold questions by trawling collections of digital health records.
Finding the answers to these kinds of questions requires an entirely different approach to research, one that relies less on your ability to "google" and more on your ability to glean clues from the artwork in hand.
So great is people's confidence in their ability to glean valuable information from a face to face conversation that they feel they can do so even if they know they are not being dealt with squarely.
"GAYDAR" colloquially refers to the ability to accurately glean others' sexual orientation from mere observation.
"With digital content we have the ability all of a sudden to glean new insights into our customers," says Todd Humphrey, Kobo's executive vice president of business development.
(sun protection factor) rating of sunscreens refers only to a product's ability protect against sunburn, and most people apply too little sunscreen too infrequently to glean anything like the level of protection stated on the package.
Pennies once were sure to glean.
The best way to glean the vibe?
