as in growing
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
culture bacteria in laboratory dishes
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Recent Examples of culturing
In 2021, Zurich University of Applied Sciences researchers created chocolate in a bioreactor by culturing cocoa cells.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culturing
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What follows is Hanke’s account of the administration’s growing interest in advocating the dollarization path, a course of action Milei has been unable to deliver on.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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More than 100 international TV series and formats, animation, feature films and documentaries in various stages of the production cycle will be pitched to hundreds of top execs this week in the Eternal City, underscoring the growing influence of the pre-Mipcom boutique event.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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During the Soviet era, all the vineyards in the area were replaced with hazelnut trees and tea bushes because cultivating wine in this humid climate was deemed too difficult.—
Jessica Jungbauer,
Vogue,
6 Oct. 2025
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Actor Charlie Hunnum discussed with Variety the process of cultivating Ed Gein's voice.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the time since, the Post has shed much of its former staff, some of whom have found success producing the same content on other platforms.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Culturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culturing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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