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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

The garden charity hopes the now rare salmon-pink flower will be able to be bred and returned to wider cultivation before it disappears entirely.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

What they found is everything you would expect to find if you were comparing children raised in an atmosphere of concerted cultivation with children raised in an atmosphere of natural growth.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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