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cultivation

[kuhl-tuh-vey-shuhn] / ˌkʌl təˈveɪ ʃən /




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Gen. Esmail Qaani, a top officer with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for cultivation of overseas militias, visited Baghdad over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The transition from ancient cultivation to large scale industrial farming has fundamentally altered the structure and strategy of one of the world's most important food crops.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Barbed wire served as a symbol of violence and oppression, but also of agriculture, cultivation and survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The garden charity hopes the now rare salmon-pink flower will be able to be bred and returned to wider cultivation before it disappears entirely.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

His childhood was the embodiment of concerted cultivation.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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