cultivate

Example Sentences

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It fits the current policy mood: support domestic demand, encourage local brands, develop services, and cultivate new categories of consumption without relying on another old-style property stimulus.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Despite having started her political career as a pro-independence advocate, Cheng has in recent years tried to cultivate a reputation as a peace builder.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“You don’t see them walking around, and stopping in a gallery, and buying art, and trying to cultivate connoisseurship with their siblings or their children,” said Valerie Wade, a San Francisco gallerist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Others say social media’s algorithmic ability to capture, cultivate and control attention makes it fundamentally different from teen-friendly romantasy novels, Marvel movies or first-person shooter games.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

It comes from a stupendous tuber, which the women cultivate and dig from the ground, soak in the river, dry in the sun, pound to white powder in hollowed-out logs, and boil.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver