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
Unlike ingredient cultivation and harvesting, there is significantly less waste in a bioreactor.
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Joshua Britton, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Living Ink plans to integrate diverse biomass waste inputs from sectors including food and beverage, precision fermentation, anaerobic digestion and algae cultivation and disposal.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Mar. 2025
According to Café Kitsuné's general director Johanna Lellouche, matcha is a type of green tea that undergoes a unique cultivation and processing method.
—Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
The proposal would not legalize marijuana sales or the commercial cultivation and distribution of cannabis.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Britton, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Living Ink plans to integrate diverse biomass waste inputs from sectors including food and beverage, precision fermentation, anaerobic digestion and algae cultivation and disposal.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Mar. 2025
According to Café Kitsuné's general director Johanna Lellouche, matcha is a type of green tea that undergoes a unique cultivation and processing method.
—Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025
The proposal would not legalize marijuana sales or the commercial cultivation and distribution of cannabis.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultivation
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The subject of the celebrity memoir, which grounds the novel, is the heiress of a media empire who's left to deal with a world defined by the tabloid culture her own family bred.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The real work to change CPD’s historic culture of brutality and discrimination has hardly begun.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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Many nonprofits work in these spaces, providing legal support or doing advocacy and education work.—
Annie Nova,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Silas Allen is an education reporter focusing on challenges and possible solutions in Fort Worth’s school system.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2025
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The creatures have set up a curious civilization with a religion based around the adventures of Peter Rabbit.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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There is something perverse about a civilization that plunders its archives to build statues.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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Highlight their key strengths, skills, and accomplishments.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The note then echoes Elon Musk’s recent emails to federal workers and demand that victims justify their productivity by listing their weekly accomplishments.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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This human-machine collaboration involves an extensive back and forth, along with careful editing and refinement, a process that can take weeks.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The bespectacled, bookish Bonhoeffer was a man of refinement whose natural reserve could be interpreted as arrogance, says Marsh, the biographer.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Last week, Fyre Festival organizers fired back at the Playa del Carmen's statement saying the Mexican city's government had no knowledge of the event.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Every personal finance article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of personal finance products.—
Keagan Ostop,
CNBC,
18 Apr. 2025
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It’s lived out in real-time, through team wellness programs, financial literacy workshops, intentional family support, and shared moments of joy.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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City Council should partner in programs to prioritize literacy, intervention, and normalizing trade programs.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 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 2 May. 2025.
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