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
Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
The Swiftie community, largely cultivated online, became something of a second family.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 2 Oct. 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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That’s also not something that maybe comes as naturally and has to be cultivated and be intentional about.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
The Swiftie community, largely cultivated online, became something of a second family.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cultivated
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But the Grimms wanted to preserve the culture of the common folk, not to make the folk sound cultured.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The race is therefore on to produce cultured meat at scale, with products that look, smell and taste like real meat, right down to their texture.David Prosser, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Hezbollah developed a powerful if opaque network of social support organizations and even a microfinance lender, finding ways to ensure its supporters retained some financial stability even as the entire Lebanese economy around them collapsed in 2019.Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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In these instances, external partnerships are developed with regulatory compliance in mind.Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Verve Label Group, a division of Universal Music Group, has promoted Jamie Krents to CEO-president and Dawn Olejar to chief operating officer, effective immediately.Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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That said, tech companies still need to solve the need for sports to be discussed, promoted and a part of the consumer conversation – between the actual live events.Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Service slowed and wait times grew.Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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The death toll related directly or indirectly to Helene grew to more than 184, and it was expected the number could rise as search and rescue efforts continued.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Storage potatoes are typically harvested in the fall or about 120 days after the seed potatoes are planted.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2024
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Also, unnatural herds of crabs roam the land, and a brain-dead patient who’s about to have his organs harvested suddenly revives on the operating table.Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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There are plenty of Scots and Irish in Toronto, but the proceedings are somewhat more civilized, if not a bit Hollywood-twee, what with lapdogs decked out as Michael Keaton’s famous character.Guy Martin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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As America finally melts down under the New Founding Fathers’ murderous regime, our heroes must take refuge by escaping over the border to Mexico — to more civilized lands.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
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Interest expense for the quarter was $80,000, down from $415,000 in the previous year, due to repayment of funding acquired.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Former tech executive Jeff Lawson took on the name Global Tetrahedron for his real company that acquired The Onion from G/O Media in April.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Kevin Hench exec produced and co-wrote the pilot.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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Both the centerline propeller and thruster are electric and draw power from an efficient DC electrical grid supplied entirely by fuel cells directly running on methanol produced from renewable source.Bill Springer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Cultivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultivated. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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