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Examples of cultural in a Sentence
We studied our cultural heritage.
There are some cultural differences between us.
We attended several cultural events over the weekend.
The center provides a wide range of cultural activities.
The city is the cultural center of the state.
Recent Examples of cultural from the Web
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Commonwealth Ventures That backing doesn’t equal automatic success: The island needs more than a booming cultural park to reverse its slump.
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Some tend to stress that the cultural values of the less educated have changed, and there is some truth to that.
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While Taylor has spent more than three decades at Procter, Peltz doesn't think that will be an obstacle despite his call for a cultural change.
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The band embodied a renaissance of Mexican-American cultural awareness, but what Los Lobos has always done might not have been what Middle America expected from a group of Chicanos.
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The studio is reversing everything Christopher Nolan and Heath Ledger did to make the Joker such an iconic cultural image.
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The authors came from a variety of cultural backgrounds, and in their diversity, demonstrated both the challenges and the opportunities of the growing Asian-American literary space and the museums that amplify its voices.
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Arriving in the summer of 2016 (and returning this Halloween), the show aired with little pomp on Netflix, and soon through word of mouth, became a cultural phenomenon.
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Republicans have become increasingly critical of their cultural impact, including the ways in which tech giants like Google and Facebook police speech within their organizations or on their platforms.
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First Known Use of cultural
1856
cultural Synonyms
Synonyms
artisticAntonyms
nonartistic, nonculturalRelated Words
aesthetic (also esthetic or aesthetical or esthetical), tastefulNear Antonyms
nonaestheticCULTURAL Defined for English Language Learners
cultural
play
adjective
Definition of cultural for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to a particular group of people and their habits, beliefs, traditions, etc.
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: of or relating to the fine arts (such as music, theater, painting, etc.)
CULTURAL Defined for Kids
cultural
play
adjective
cul·tur·al
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ˈkəl-chə-rəl
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Definition of cultural for Students
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:relating to the habits, beliefs, and traditions of a certain people
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:relating to the arts (as music, dance, or painting)
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culturally
adverbLearn More about cultural
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