cultural

[kuhl-cher-uhl] / ˈkʌl tʃər əl /

ADJECTIVE

educational, enlightening

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistic developmental

WEAK

adorning advancing beautifying beneficial broadening civilizing constructive corrective dignifying disciplining edifying educative elevating ennobling enriching expanding glorifying helpful humane humanizing influential inspirational instructive learned liberal liberalizing nurturing ornamenting polishing promoting raising refined refining regenerative socializing stimulating uplifting widening

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This extended dry period overlaps with notable cultural changes on the island.

From Science Daily

“It’s really kind of shocking for China to accept this result,” said Ken Jimbo, director of the International House of Japan, a Tokyo-based nonprofit focused on research and cultural relations.

From The Wall Street Journal

“For decades he lived a law-abiding life, raising his children and working in various cultural arenas,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

The arts complex has long divided opinion, but it is also regarded as a defining example of post‑war British architecture and a major cultural hub on the Thames.

From BBC

Catholic schools and cultural institutions including the Frick Collection in New York City and the New York Public Library—whose flagship Fifth Avenue building bears Schwarzman’s name—also have been beneficiaries.

From The Wall Street Journal

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