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cultural change

American  
[kuhl-cher-uhl chaynj] / ˈkʌl tʃər əl ˈtʃeɪndʒ /

noun

  • cultural changes
    plural
  1. Also, culture change, alteration in a society's culture, resulting either from internal development or from interchange with members of other societies.


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In public, Hegseth - a former Army National Guardsman and Fox News pundit - has spent much of his time calling for cultural change to the US military.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Zev Yaroslavsky, a former L.A. politician who served then as a City Council member representing district 5, said the new ethics role represented a “dramatic, profound cultural change in municipal government.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

But as Caulfield noted, the wellness movement has undergone a major cultural change in the past half-decade that has made it almost unrecognizable from the movement that birthed MAHA.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026

Tech industry watchers say the pope has the power to lead a cultural change in how we think about AI—and shape the ethical framework in which it should evolve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

During the last 13,000 years less cultural change has accumulated in Australia than in any other continent.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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