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as in civilization
a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts
because of its wide reputation as a place of culture, Boston became known as "the Athens of America"
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as in lifestyle
the way people live at a particular time and place
a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest
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as in to cultivate
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
culture bacteria in laboratory dishes
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Recent Examples of culture
News Desk, Artforum, 11 May 2026
But there were still some mixed feelings about bringing the culture to Broadway.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Outside, 10 Dec. 2025
Nuclear weapons are in the zeitgeist, but can culture stir public demand for real-world progress once again?
—Ernest J. Moniz, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Noun
For months, artists, culture workers, and institutions have pushed back against the Biennale’s decision to allow Russia, Israel and the United States to participate.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 May 2026
But there were still some mixed feelings about bringing the culture to Broadway.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
Verb
Skyr is protein-rich (the casein protein left behind during the milk culturing process provides sustained energy) and contains easily digestible natural sugars.
—Outside, 10 Dec. 2025
Nuclear weapons are in the zeitgeist, but can culture stir public demand for real-world progress once again?
—Ernest J. Moniz, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culture
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The harshness or relentlessness of weather can turn friends to lovers, can cause others to lose their minds, can provoke travel across continents, can cancel plans, can reroute rivers, can flood civilizations, can incite both panic and delight, can wash away a life’s work, can set fire to forests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Would a just and merciful God approve of daily bombing raids and threats to destroy civilian infrastructure, let alone a threat to destroy an entire civilization?—
Kenneth Seeskin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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She is known for her lifestyle content, as well as her Gals on the Go podcast, which focuses on her and Carolan's lives as 20-somethings living in New York, career advice and more.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Based at 1411 Broadway in Manhattan, NYC Alliance has broad ambitions to continue pursuing M&A opportunities across the contemporary and lifestyle apparel space.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Picking a pineapple in Upcountry In the 1960s, Hawaii produced 80 percent of the world’s pineapple—the fruit was synonymous with the state—and on the slopes of Haleakala, Maui Gold Pineapple was queen, cultivating 10,000 acres of the sweetest fruit around.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
14 May 2026
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Today, Fingerboard cultivates hemp, a type of cannabis that, unlike marijuana, is nonintoxicating and widely considered a wellness product.—
William Deffaa,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
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This carnivore’s sanctum offers an education in offal, mapping the pig from trompa (snout) to rabo (tail).—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Expanding access to high-quality early education, supporting the workforce behind it, and giving families clearer information is all part of the solution.—
Tina Dello Russo,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Striking the perpetrators from polite society is, indeed, the only way to handle it.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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If an election is triggered, those candidates who meet the threshold of support within the House of Commons would then have to receive the support of 5% of local constituency parties, or at least three party affiliates — groups such as trade unions and cooperative societies.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Kreith advises using heavy duty cages for tomatoes, arches for beans, stakes for peppers and eggplant, and a trellis for cucumbers, which grow as a vine.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Isaac Rangaswami, a former tech-company copywriter, first grew a following around an Instagram account called @caffs_not_cafes, which highlighted historic, low-key, unheralded London canteens.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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And one of the true accomplishments of the Disney+ series’ creators Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest is that the answer was something no one would have ever guessed.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
11 May 2026
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But, for both James and Dolan, perhaps their biggest accomplishments during the hiatus was giving up alcohol and getting healthy.—
Blair R. Fischer,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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In 2024, Hamilton shared posts on X promoting misinformation about FEMA spending during Hurricane Helene.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The chef Sunny Lee promotes them to a lead role, conjuring a daily set of six (with extras available) out of a breathlessly narrow kitchen.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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“Culture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culture. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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