cultivate
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Leading up to the flagship’s opening, the community it would come to cultivate over the following two years was already taking shape behind the scenes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Asgard archaea are notoriously challenging to cultivate away from their natural habitats.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Throughout the summer Andy Burnham's been attempting to cultivate a new style of communicating with a steady stream of social media videos designed to speak directly to the public.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
All-inclusive services inevitably cultivate different economic habits than an environment in which individuals routinely weigh costs, compare alternatives, and make purchasing decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Working in the yard is Ralph’s favorite activity; he likes to weed, to plant, to cultivate.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
With its focused screenplay, “Ice Princess” quickly cultivates an atmosphere that’s sympathetic to Gen and Casey.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
That kind of education cultivates adaptability, resilience and judgment, the traits employers say they value most.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
How he works with the White House - and the kind of relationship he cultivates with the president - could prove crucial for implementing his agenda.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
But now that I no longer live as a Catholic in a Catholic world, I cannot expect the liturgy—which reflects and cultivates my faith—to remain what it was.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Jordan’s carefully cultivated space looks like the result of very intentional planning and list making.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The cultivated Spirulina also contained other bioactive compounds associated with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immune-boosting properties.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
On stage, she gracefully offset the blond bombshell image she both cultivated and poked fun at.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
As the river changes course, fields can disappear faster than official records can keep up, leaving families with uncertain claims to land they have cultivated for generations.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In early stages of food production, people simultaneously collected wild foods and raised cultivated ones, and diverse types of collecting activities diminished in importance at different times as reliance on crops increased.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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It is a very different operation from the traditional way of cultivating avocados in India, where they were planted among other crops for shade.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Rather than simply cultivating conventional Spirulina, researchers are changing the conditions under which it grows to encourage production of specific compounds that are useful to humans.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Perched on the edge of a rooftop high above Gaza City's bombed-out landscape, Ibrahim al-Dabba lovingly tends his community of bees, cultivating a rare source of hope among the ruins of the Israel-Hamas war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
PARIS—Bernard Arnault has spent decades carefully cultivating the image of some of the world’s most sought after brands, from Louis Vuitton to Dior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Gliding nearly nude beneath the trees, cultivating their temporary gardens, the Yanomamo are often said to be windows into the past, living much the same lives as their great-great-great- grandparents.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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