cultured

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Under current procedures, urine samples must be cultured overnight so bacteria can grow before doctors can identify them and test antibiotics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Are you watching a more cultured, possession-based style now than you did 10 or 20 years ago - or are you watching your team play without the drive and commitment of years gone by?

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

To explore this idea, the team cultured a large quantity of P. sanguinis for three days and then extracted the full mixture of metabolites produced by the microbe.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

He is charming and cultured and clever—but opaque.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove