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[kuhl-cher] / ˈkʌl tΚƒΙ™r /




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But in fact, all children benefit from a shift away from the "showing-off culture" at the school gate at the end of term, which can make them anxious, she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Perhaps a key difference that gives Costco the monocultural edge over our increasingly algorithmized culture is that it doesn’t revolve around a single type of storytelling, or even agreed-upon facts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

A notable increase in Mexican Americans venturing south to reconnect with their roots, language and culture, according to longtime observers and travel figures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

While she loved the Bay Area, she felt like the culture was too focused on work.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

I was pleased that the dress was at least a nod to my own culture.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Across different cultures, they have been viewed as everything from mystical guides that help lost travelers find their way home to ominous creatures associated with bad luck.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

But other cultures aren’t always in sync with us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The National Catholic Review said his "personal biography of bridge-building cultures and continents" could make him "a compelling contender for the church's top job".

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Carville said social media can be a "cesspit" and it was great to see fans and different cultures come together and celebrate.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

In certain cultures, both adults and children play games.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

For much of the opening half they were like a cultured fighter, boxing the ears off an over-matched rival, bamboozling their punchbag with their movement before what felt like an inevitable knockout.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Using preclinical laboratory experiments with cultured neurons, researchers developed antibodies designed to block GPNMB.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

"They took bees back and growed them in the lab, they cultured all the pollen, the wax, and many, many things."

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Maybe it’s a drizzle of special vinegar, a pat of cultured butter softening into gloss or a tangle of pickled vegetables with just enough bite.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

He had a high-pitched, cultured voice tinged with a New York accent.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

There, he spent his days culturing cells and running experiments in a Minneapolis Veterans Affairs laboratory until 2016, when he left GeneSegues but stayed in Minnesota.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Culturing skin microbiota in the lab setting can be challenging due to several reasons such as difficulty in replicating the unique environment of skin and the lack of effective culturing methods.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

Suspended in water, the legs of the new robot are made of 3D-printed elements, flexible rubber, and skeletal muscle tissue grown by culturing rat cells in a lab.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 26, 2024

"By systematically culturing every patient, we thought we could understand how transmission was happening. The surprise was that, based on the genomics, there was very little transmission."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023

That’s how he came up with the roller-tube culturing technique, his most important invention.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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