cultivation
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Edmond Albius devised the hand-pollination technique that made vanilla cultivation commercially viable; he died in poverty after emancipation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The team investigated how wild plants responded to early human cultivation and found that farming practices strongly favored individuals that could compete more effectively than their wild ancestors.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
But cultivation really took off after 2021, thanks to media coverage.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
However, other than Revueltas’ fictional account, the story of the laborers, their movement’s successes and the astonishing cultivation of the desert lands had been lost to history — until now.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
His childhood was the embodiment of concerted cultivation.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing cultivation
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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