cultivating

Example Sentences

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She had spent months cultivating close ties with the US president while trying to reassure European allies wary of his second term.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

Rather than the number of visitors, Gensler said in the report, the amount of time spent downtown matters more in cultivating a thriving downtown area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

The Ambani family had long been cultivating its relationship with the Trumps.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

It's clear Epstein appeared to spend a lot of time cultivating such people.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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