as in culture
a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts
people of cultivation appreciate the special experience that only live theater can provide
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Recent Examples of cultivation
The city previously has approved 20 licenses for various other types of cannabis businesses, from cultivation to off-site distribution, of which only five licenses are active.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Butz hated New Deal agricultural programs, which stabilized prices by paying farmers to limit the acreage under cultivation.
—Stephen Mihm, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Fairchild is one of the country’s premier centers for orchid cultivation.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Others say the mushrooms might have propagated from areas of commercial cultivation.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Butz hated New Deal agricultural programs, which stabilized prices by paying farmers to limit the acreage under cultivation.
—Stephen Mihm, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Fairchild is one of the country’s premier centers for orchid cultivation.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Others say the mushrooms might have propagated from areas of commercial cultivation.
—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultivation
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The property is being redeveloped to host Latin community-friendly rodeos and welcome youth from the Nashville suburbs with an interest in being involved in rodeo culture.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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In a business culture that rewards certainty, coaching welcomes not knowing.—
Angela Cusack,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The desire to get involved in education issues is happening at a critical moment in the city.—
Lori Higgins,
Freep.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday, July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission departed for the moon, powered by a Saturn V rocket and years of government investment in science and education (a pretty thought today).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Acharya makes the spirited argument that today’s order is not simply a product of Western power and values but derived from ideas and institutional practices that emerged over thousands of years from ancient and premodern societies and civilizations all over the globe.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Most of these accomplishments fill the young GM with pride, but the lack of playoff victories is not lost on him, either.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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These accomplishments included flying three consecutive times halfway around the world before splashing down as planned in the Indian Ocean, and, in October, the first of three successful returns of the Super Heavy rocket booster to the launch pad.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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However, as your company matures, the most successful path forward is through refinement.—
Hamid Kohan,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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These are the etiquette rules that some folks said could use a little refinement within today’s context.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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These resources are meticulously curated to equip individuals with the confidence and knowledge needed for informed decision-making about their familial and financial futures.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Thus, a Wharton study showed networks enhance innovation by 20-30% through faster experimentation and knowledge sharing, while hierarchies reduce it by 15-25% due to bureaucratic delays and risk aversion.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Borders, a member of the family that launched the book retailer of the same name, understands the importance of spreading literacy.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Invest in systematic faculty development that goes beyond emergency pandemic training to encompass both innovation and technological literacy, with particular attention to supporting adjunct faculty who deliver nearly half of online instruction but receive the least institutional support.—
Alison Griffin,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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This is not so much a question of good manners as good visibility.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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Minding your manners will make the trip better for everyone.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Cultivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultivation. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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