as in cultured
having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living
the museum's annual gala for charity attracts not only a very wealthy, but also a very cultivated crowd
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as in developed
to come to have gradually
cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends
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as in promoted
to help the growth or development of
cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years
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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello
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Recent Examples of cultivated
Julia Horowitz, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
The cultivated meat space could be worth $25 billion by 2030.
—Khaled Bin Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
The property came to be known as The Boyhood Farm, and Earl cultivated crops like corn, cotton and sugar cane in addition to peanuts.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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The cultivated meat industry thinks its technology provides a better option.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
The cultivated meat space could be worth $25 billion by 2030.
—Khaled Bin Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
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As a child, Carter’s days consisted of working on the peanut farm that his family had cultivated.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
The property came to be known as The Boyhood Farm, and Earl cultivated crops like corn, cotton and sugar cane in addition to peanuts.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Nico Paz Nico Paz is the cultured attacking midfield player currently pulling the strings for Como 1907 in Italy.Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Incorporation of photosynthetically active algal chloroplasts in cultured mammalian cells towards photosynthesis in animals.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Like a callus developed from lifting weights, the Kicks earned its toughness the hard way.Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The fabrics are developed by Denim Deal member mills and contain a minimum of 20 percent PCR cotton.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
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Pippen was promoted from his two-way deal to a roster contract and has played every game for a team with the second-best record in the West.Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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He was promoted to assistant city manager in 2013.Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
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But the social media frenzy that grew around the film’s release ultimately focused on Lively and on criticism of her.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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The number of job listings for musical therapists in Australia, for example, grew nearly fourfold in the five years between 2018 and 2022.Aliza Knox, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The affected oysters and clams were harvested from November 15 to December 11 by Rudy's Shellfish in Washington and have been linked to norovirus, which can cause stomach flu symptoms.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Timing is also of the essence, and just as crops must be planted, watered and harvested at the right moment, businesses must execute decisions at optimal points to maximize returns.Stefano Carganico, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Douyin Warnings From Within China China’s drive to assimilate the Tibetans echoes history elsewhere in the world where Indigenous people were seen by their foreign occupiers as savages who needed to be civilized with boarding schools, causing trauma and abuses.Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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What does ring true until the final frame of the show and into our present-day lives is that civilization and the civilized rarely occupy the same space.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Yankees acquired the right-handed Beeter, 26, in the August 2022 trade that sent struggling slugger Joey Gallo to the Los Angeles Dodgers.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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When Pittsburgh hired Arthur Smith as offensive coordinator, acquired Russell Wilson and Justin Fields to play quarterback and drafted three offensive linemen in the first four rounds, big things were predicted for the run game.Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Instead, over the past month, both sides have produced their worst games of the season — sometimes simultaneously.Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Its residents could work in sprawling meat packing plants and aluminum processing centers, often for the lowest wages, but the town itself would not see any of the tax dollars those industries produced.Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Cultivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultivated. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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