cultivate
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Sarah Sampaio runs a small coffee company that grows coffee beans in the shadow of trees, using a method called agroforesty - or agriculture that helps cultivate forests.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
The neighborhood helps cultivate the space on the corner of Roosevelt and Garfield streets with black-eyed Susans, blue wood asters and other flowers that grow naturally in the state.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022
Doing so helps cultivate independent thinkers who are more likely to succeed, not to mention are just great to have around.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2016
Thinking about your thinking dispositions — rather than how innately smart you are — helps cultivate that attitude.
From Time • Sep. 24, 2015
Going overseas also helps cultivate a type of independence and self-confidence that staying close to home in a familiar environment probably does not.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2014
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