cultivate
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Leafcutter ants cultivate fungus for food, while ants of the Lasius genus tend aphids for their sweet secretions “like domestic cattle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
Was that a nod to the hope he might cultivate brighter relations with Northern Ireland than the Conservatives who came before him had managed?
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
All of this Silverio Guardado and her husband cultivate beside the two-bedroom mobile home they have owned for 12 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The obligatory labor meant less time to cultivate their own fields.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
He now cultivates dragon fruit on 11 acres producing around 220 tonnes a year.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
That kind of education cultivates adaptability, resilience and judgment, the traits employers say they value most.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 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
She cultivates at least a single voice, stylistically appropriate, for each of her books.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 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
Up in the hills above the Roman columns of the ancient site of Sebastia, in the occupied West Bank, are olive fields that have been cultivated for generations by Palestinian families.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The plant material included cultivated wheat, carrots, maize, bananas and peanuts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The practice has cultivated happy clients, driving more sales, Dababneh says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
That skill is cultivated through education in the performing arts.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The scientific name for the “corn” that was cultivated in the Americas is Zea mays.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Reducing prices is tricky for luxury brands who have spent years, not to mention billions of ad dollars, cultivating an exclusive image.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The resignation of the education minister on July 25 marked a rare climbdown for a prime minister who has spent more than a decade cultivating an image of unwavering resolve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 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
Since most villages lived by cultivating a very limited variety of domesticated plants and animals, they were at the mercy of droughts, floods and pestilence.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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