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When did the word culture start referring to customs, not just farming?

culture

[kuhl-cher] / ˈkʌl tʃər /




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"They are an expression of our culture and a key element in shaping and preserving the land. We do not want to uproot ourselves."

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Young people live in an identity-driven culture, defining themselves by their gender, race, sexuality, politics and mental health, Coleman says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Not even “Predators” — the 2025 documentary on this very subject that not only beat “Primetime” to the punch but has far more to say about Hansen’s effect on culture — can complete the image.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Nearby is one of the movie’s crudely constructed stick figures — a reminder that sometimes a few twigs and some twine are all it takes to lodge an image permanently in the culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Music expresses children’s identity and heritage, teaches them to belong to a culture, and develops their cognitive well-being and inner self worth.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“An image I had of Ernie was Peter Pan,” Peck said, describing him as someone with a knack for making his way into different venues and cultures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ants are eaten and sometimes even valued as a delicacy in several Asian, African and Latin American cultures.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Now, that was two completely different cultures, because they were two completely different businesses, and no one was surprised when it didn’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Vazquez is continuing to investigate the genetic mechanisms that control longevity using cell cultures in his new faculty position at Pennsylvania State University.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

I can visit the World Travel Arena downtown, where Deckers and guests can experience the cultures and environments of different countries and cities.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Additional in vivo research will be necessary to determine whether the effects translate beyond cultured cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

Ernst is handsome, cultured, cool under pressure, effortlessly polyglot and unshakably ethical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

For much of the opening half they were like a cultured fighter, boxing the ears off an over-matched rival, bamboozling their punchbag with their movement before what felt like an inevitable knockout.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

"They took bees back and growed them in the lab, they cultured all the pollen, the wax, and many, many things."

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Although we might not listen to it regularly or even at all, we all hold it in very high esteem, and an important part of a highly cultured society.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The new method removes the need for overnight culturing and simplifies the testing process.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026

There, he spent his days culturing cells and running experiments in a Minneapolis Veterans Affairs laboratory until 2016, when he left GeneSegues but stayed in Minnesota.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

However, this has not been the case with microbial populations due to the impossibility of isolating, culturing and analyzing the genetic content of the different species and their individuals in the laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024

Suspended in water, the legs of the new robot are made of 3D-printed elements, flexible rubber, and skeletal muscle tissue grown by culturing rat cells in a lab.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 26, 2024

That’s how he came up with the roller-tube culturing technique, his most important invention.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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