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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Every thematic text panel has a QR code that links to the Bloomberg Connects app, an aggregate guide to museums and other cultural sites that offers selected, augmented entries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

He forced a cultural rewrite that Microsoft veterans still talk about.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Anya Meksin, deputy director of parent advocacy group Schools Beyond Screens, which has been pushing for the measures, said the move marks "a big cultural shift into how schools approach technology".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

In recognition of the region's cultural heritage and conservation mission, the team named the species Trimeresurus lii -- the Huaxi Green Pitviper.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Another reason is that children’s songs are uniquely structured to make them easy to memorize while containing basic musical and cultural material; language and codes that we come to recognize in all of our songs.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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