as in cultivates
to change (a wild animal or plant) over time to make it more suited to life with or use by humans
Humans domesticated wolves to produce man's best friend.
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This unique mindset, developed through setbacks and balancing a demanding tech career with elite cricket, demonstrates that profound inner work cultivates the awareness needed to perceive opportunities.
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Buddha offers an egalitarian path to enlightenment; Confucius codifies a religion of learning; Augustine infuses Christianity with Plato and Aristotle; Martin Luther shifts spirituality inward; Duns Scotus separates belief from knowledge; William of Ockham cultivates equality under the law.
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Wet clothing doesn’t cause UTIs, but staying in wet clothing, which breeds more moisture and bacteria, does.
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With age comes experience, however, and Arteta will have a good feel for the influence that breeds.
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Risk increasingly propagates through third-, fourth- and fifth-party relationships that evolve at different speeds and across multiple jurisdictions.
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When that happens, the stress propagates and the rupture grows.
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If one trains one's attention toward grievance, then grievance will be easier to find.
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Specialist teams will deploy when ships need more extensive repairs, while the company trains sailors to handle routine maintenance during long deployments without relying on outside support.
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Summer uses a family trip to a Caribbean resort to cause chaos and sabotage the relationship.
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Unlike conventional ion traps that rely on oscillating radio-frequency fields, the Penning trap uses static electric and magnetic fields.
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What’s more, the conditions attached to AB 2074 — onsite affordable homes, prevailing wages and workforce development opportunities — ensure that the state’s public investment produces broad benefits for our communities.
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In Illinois specifically, Constellation produces sufficient baseline electricity to fulfill the standard energy demands of over eight million residential homes.
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The underlying design utilizes a High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor framework that Valar Atomics refers to as its Numenor architecture.
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His company has developed a noninvasive technology system, called Edison, which utilizes histotripsy—sound waves that destroy tumors from the inside—to treat cancer and other conditions.
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All the chairs are light enough to move around easily, as the group of guests grows and migrates.
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The count of executive chairs grows slowly while the value concentrated in each one climbs.
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“Domesticates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domesticates. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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