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In 2005, Andrew Yao, a former Princeton professor and winner of the award named after computer-science pioneer Alan Turing, established an elite “Yao class” at Tsinghua to cultivate top-tier talent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The epic whining heard across MLB over the Tarik Skubal acquisition is evidence Andrew Friedman and Dodgers management are a masterclass in demonstrating creative leadership to cultivate a winning ballclub.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

In a society shaped by fragmentation and misperception, the capacity to remain present with complexity is one of the most urgent skills we can cultivate.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

At least for KB Financial’s Kim, the push to cultivate a long-term investment culture is unlikely to be able to keep pace with the rapid developments of an AI-driven market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

As Caesar rubbed her feet, the widow encouraged him to cultivate a skill, one that would serve him in good stead as a freeman.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

With its focused screenplay, “Ice Princess” quickly cultivates an atmosphere that’s sympathetic to Gen and Casey.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Then there is the window that lets customers see the growing room where the store cultivates plants on-site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

How he works with the White House - and the kind of relationship he cultivates with the president - could prove crucial for implementing his agenda.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

Its rich soil has facilitated high production levels, and the region now cultivates one third of England's vegetables and 20 percent of its potatoes and beetroots.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Geeta Gwala, whose family says it cultivated 2.81 acres near the hotel site, is among those who have gone to court.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

As the river changes course, fields can disappear faster than official records can keep up, leaving families with uncertain claims to land they have cultivated for generations.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

That emphasis on community and institutional belonging raises an interesting question about where such assumptions are cultivated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The plant material included cultivated wheat, carrots, maize, bananas and peanuts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

In early stages of food production, people simultaneously collected wild foods and raised cultivated ones, and diverse types of collecting activities diminished in importance at different times as reliance on crops increased.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Perched on the edge of a rooftop high above Gaza City's bombed-out landscape, Ibrahim al-Dabba lovingly tends his community of bees, cultivating a rare source of hope among the ruins of the Israel-Hamas war.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

José Caballero has spent his entire career cultivating a reputation as the sport’s proudest pest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Richard Graydon spent years cultivating an enviable life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

You’ll just end up annoying your manager or cultivating a combative relationship.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

But, by 8500 BC, the Middle East was peppered with permanent villages such as Jericho, whose inhabitants spent most of their time cultivating a few domesticated species.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari