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cultivation

[kuhl-tuh-vey-shuhn] / ˌkʌl təˈveɪ ʃən /




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One tradition is the promotion of America’s major political ideas—the protection of individual rights, the practice of democracy and the cultivation of peace—outside North America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

The transition from ancient cultivation to large scale industrial farming has fundamentally altered the structure and strategy of one of the world's most important food crops.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Barbed wire served as a symbol of violence and oppression, but also of agriculture, cultivation and survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Serious research on dragon fruit in India started around 2013–14 when we began systematic studies on its cultivation."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Between 10,000 and 9000 B.C. the people living there may already have been residing year-round in villages, but they were still hunter-gatherers; crop cultivation began only in the succeeding millennium.

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




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