as in cultured
having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living
the museum's annual gala for charity attracts not only a very wealthy, but also a very cultivated crowd
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as in developed
to come to have gradually
cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends
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as in promoted
to help the growth or development of
cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years
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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello
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Recent Examples of cultivated
Julia Horowitz, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
As someone who has consumed cultivated products from half a dozen companies around the world but has not eaten conventional meat in nearly a decade, I was enheartened to see such a positive response from attendees during the tasting.
—Jennifer Stojkovic, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2022
New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has long cultivated a reputation for public integrity.
—IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The cultivated meat industry thinks its technology provides a better option.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
As someone who has consumed cultivated products from half a dozen companies around the world but has not eaten conventional meat in nearly a decade, I was enheartened to see such a positive response from attendees during the tasting.
—Jennifer Stojkovic, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2022
Verb
Having cultivated a collection of gut phages and bacterial hosts, scientists now have tangible targets to study and manipulate.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has long cultivated a reputation for public integrity.
—IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultivated
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His goal to seal the win against Italy — a lung-busting run and cultured finish in the dying moments — helped to illustrate the impressive engine at the heart of Cremaschi’s game.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Because each cell type is cultured separately, they can be genetically edited to study specific diseases or therapeutic responses.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Recipe developed by Liz Mervosh.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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Researchers have developed a method that can help turn plastics into valuable carbon nanomaterials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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According to Bloomberg, Binance wrote the basic code to power World Liberty’s stablecoin, USD1, and has promoted the coin to its 280 million users around the globe.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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White can’t be listed as an emergency third QB on Sunday unless he is promoted to the 53-man roster.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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The second photo was noticeably different from the first, instead showing a recent image of heavy machinery smoothing gravel where lush green grass once grew.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Prestige beauty, which sits within the division, grew at mid-single digits as the overall market showed gradual improvement.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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As Somali woman with an A-beauty brand, both lip tints have references to African culture, while the ingredients behind the salves are with respect to the African communities they’re harvested in.—
Essence,
Essence,
20 Oct. 2025
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Storage potatoes are typically harvested in the fall, or about 120 days after the seed potatoes were planted.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Gauls had been described as barbarians by Julius Caesar and Livy, but now had become these Ur people, far more ancient and civilized than their ancient Roman detractors.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Moon, high on ayahuasca, crashes a plane into their territory, effectively disappearing himself from civilized society.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Ginger has given birth to three litters of cubs since she was acquired by Shalom in 2019.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Campbell’s acquired a majority stake in 2014, and eventually bought the rest of the company in 2017.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The same Philadelphia that witnessed the birth of American independence also nurtured competing visions of nationhood—ones that challenged the very foundations of who could claim full citizenship in the republic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Michele previously spoke about what makes Marie different from Homelander and brought up that she was nurtured differently.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Cultivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultivated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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