cultivate
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These schools weren’t quite a direct pipeline into the American armed services, but their implicit promise was to cultivate gentlemen, if not always literal officers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Participating in Eurovision has helped former Soviet republics such as Estonia and Ukraine cultivate their images as part of Europe, he added.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
At the very least, you’ll need to cultivate customers, and if you’re lucky, you’ll also make some friends.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
We need to cultivate the investment equivalent of lobbing the ball back to the other side, which Ellis argued in most cases will be buying and holding a broad market index fund.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Once I was in Johannesburg studying and then working, I had neither the time nor the space to cultivate a garden.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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