cultivation
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Agriculture is also a major emitter through the methane released by livestock during digestion as well as rice cultivation, where flooded fields create ideal conditions for methane-emitting bacteria.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Services like Google and Facebook already engage in this sort of nudging, manipulation and cultivation of dependency on their existing user base.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Under Measure CB, illegal businesses would pay the same tax on gross receipts that legal businesses pay, including 10% on cannabis sales, 5% on medical cannabis sales and 2% on manufacturing, cultivation or other commercialization.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The team investigated how wild plants responded to early human cultivation and found that farming practices strongly favored individuals that could compete more effectively than their wild ancestors.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
In most farming societies people focused on plant cultivation; raising animals was a secondary activity.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing cultivation
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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