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cultivation

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




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Although it is an attractive and edible species, the golden oyster mushroom has demonstrated its ability to escape cultivation and establish itself in the wild, where it can outcompete native fungi.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Gen. Esmail Qaani, a top officer with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for cultivation of overseas militias, visited Baghdad over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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

This is the logic the reformers applied to the cultivation of young minds.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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