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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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She said the inquiry had "a huge amount" to report on and that it needed to lead to cultural change to help keep patients safe.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

Ms. Willetts runs through various examples to make her case that the “organized rebellion” fostered by nightclubs often ignited cultural change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

It was a major cultural change for someone who had come up on the British populist right, as the restaurant attracted patrons interested in blockchain and not just in Brexit.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026

A man can trust his luck, but a society can’t; and cultural change, like random mutation, may make things chancier.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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